The evolving translational potential of small extracellular vesicles in cancer

A Möller, RJ Lobb - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are regarded as having promising potential to
be used as therapeutics and disease biomarkers. Mechanistically, EVs have been shown to …

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Extracellular vesicles as signaling mediators and disease biomarkers across biological barriers

P Simeone, G Bologna, P Lanuti… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles act as shuttle vectors or signal transducers that can deliver specific
biological information and have progressively emerged as key regulators of organized …

Extracellular vesicles: novel communicators in lung diseases

A Mohan, S Agarwal, M Clauss, NS Britt… - Respiratory research, 2020 - Springer
The lung is the organ with the highest vascular density in the human body. It is therefore
perceivable that the endothelium of the lung contributes significantly to the circulation of …

The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in prostate cancer tumorigenesis

F Bonollo, GN Thalmann, M Kruithof-de Julio… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tumors strongly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME) for growth and
progression, since stromal elements are required to generate the optimal conditions for …

Cancer-associated fibroblast-secreted exosomal miR-423-5p promotes chemotherapy resistance in prostate cancer by targeting GREM2 through the TGF-β signaling …

G Shan, J Gu, D Zhou, L Li, W Cheng, Y Wang… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Therapeutic failure in prostate cancer (PC) is believed to result from its unusually invasive
and metastatic nature. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are essential in the tumor …

Tumor cells derived-exosomes as angiogenenic agents: possible therapeutic implications

M Ahmadi, J Rezaie - Journal of translational medicine, 2020 - Springer
Angiogenesis is a multistep process and various molecules are involved in regulating it.
Extracellular vesicles are cell-derived particles, secreted from several types of cells and are …

Exosomes in prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy

T Lorenc, K Klimczyk, I Michalczewska… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality among
men in the developed world. Conventional anti-PCa therapies are not effective for patients …

Extracellular vesicle packaged LMP1-activated fibroblasts promote tumor progression via autophagy and stroma-tumor metabolism coupling

X Wu, Z Zhou, S Xu, C Liao, X Chen, B Li, J Peng, D Li… - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Several reports have demonstrated that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encoded latent membrane
protein 1 (LMP1), which is transferred by extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes, can …

Modeling cell communication in cancer with organoids: making the complex simple

E Fiorini, L Veghini, V Corbo - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Homotypic and heterotypic interactions between cells are of crucial importance in
multicellular organisms for the maintenance of physiological functions. Accordingly, changes …