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Extracellular Vesicles: Emerging Modulators of Cancer Drug Resistance
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Fontana, Fabrizio Carollo, Emanuela Melling, Genevieve Carter, David |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have recently emerged as crucial modulators of cancer drug resistance. Indeed, it has been shown that they can directly sequester anti-tumor drugs, decreasing their effective concentration at target sites. Moreover, they facilitate the horizontal transfer of specific bioactive cargoes able to regulate proliferative, apoptotic, and stemness programs in recipient cells, potentially conferring a resistant phenotype to drug-sensitive cancer cells. Finally, EVs can mediate the communication between the tumor and both stromal and immune cells within the microenvironment, promoting treatment escape. In this context, clarifying the EV-driven resistance mechanisms might improve not only tumor diagnosis and prognosis but also therapeutic outcomes. Detailed cellular and molecular events occurring during the development of EV-mediated cancer drug resistance are described in this review article. |
| Starting Page | 749 |
| e-ISSN | 20726694 |
| DOI | 10.3390/cancers13040749 |
| Journal | Cancers |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-02-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cancers Cell Tissue Engineering Extracellular Vesicles Cancer Drug Resistance Chemotherapy Mdr Transporters Mirnas Tumor Microenvironment Cancer Stem Cells |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |