Cancer-derived exosomes: their role in cancer biology and biomarker development

VC Kok, CC Yu - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Exosomes are a subset of tiny extracellular vesicles manufactured by all cells and are
present in all body fluids. They are produced actively in tumor cells, which are released and …

Current challenges and future directions for engineering extracellular vesicles for heart, lung, blood and sleep diseases

G Li, T Chen, J Dahlman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry diverse bioactive components including nucleic acids,
proteins, lipids and metabolites that play versatile roles in intercellular and interorgan …

Bone marrow niches in haematological malignancies

S Méndez-Ferrer, D Bonnet, DP Steensma… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Haematological malignancies were previously thought to be driven solely by genetic or
epigenetic lesions within haematopoietic cells. However, the niches that maintain and …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer exosomes contribute to pre-metastatic niche formation and promote bone metastasis of tumor cells

X Yuan, N Qian, S Ling, Y Li, W Sun, J Li, R Du… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Breast cancer preferentially develops osteolytic bone metastasis, which makes
patients suffer from pain, fractures and spinal cord compression. Accumulating evidences …

A cellular taxonomy of the bone marrow stroma in homeostasis and leukemia

N Baryawno, D Przybylski, MS Kowalczyk, Y Kfoury… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Stroma is a poorly defined non-parenchymal component of virtually every organ with key
roles in organ development, homeostasis, and repair. Studies of the bone marrow stroma …

Extracellular microvesicles/exosomes: discovery, disbelief, acceptance, and the future?

MZ Ratajczak, J Ratajczak - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
There are concepts in science that need time to overcome initial disbelief before finally
arriving at the moment when they are embraced by the research community. One of these …

Nanoparticles' interactions with vasculature in diseases

JK Tee, LX Yip, ES Tan, S Santitewagun… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-growing use of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) in biomedicine provides an exciting
approach to develop novel imaging and drug delivery systems, owing to the ease with which …

Mitochondrial metabolism as a potential therapeutic target in myeloid leukaemia

L de Beauchamp, E Himonas, GV Helgason - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
While the understanding of the genomic aberrations that underpin chronic and acute
myeloid leukaemia (CML and AML) has allowed the development of therapies for these …

Exosome and mesenchymal stem cell cross-talk in the tumor microenvironment

TL Whiteside - Seminars in immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a major component of the tumor microenvironment
(TME) and play a key role in promoting tumor progression. The tumor uses exosomes to co …

Glycosylation: mechanisms, biological functions and clinical implications

M He, X Zhou, X Wang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Protein post-translational modification (PTM) is a covalent process that occurs in proteins
during or after translation through the addition or removal of one or more functional groups …