Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) represents a highly aggressive tumor type compared to non-muscle-invasive tumors. MIBC is characterized by specific molecular alterations, which may also modulate extracellular tumorigenic effects. Tumor-associated exosomes, especially exosomal miRNAs, are important regulators in the interaction between ...
Read More »Exosomes and Exosomal MicroRNAs in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy
Despite current risk stratification systems using traditional clinicopathologic factors, many localized and locally advanced prostate cancers fail radical treatment (ie, radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy with or without androgen deprivation therapy). Therefore, a pressing need exists for enhanced methods of disease ...
Read More »Intercellular transfer of messenger RNAs in multiorgan tumorigenesis by tumor cell-derived exosomes
Exosomes are small membrane vesicles of endocytic origin. They are derived from various cells, including tumor cells, and may serve as important modulators of intercellular communication. The present study established a U‑87 MG human glioblastoma cell line that showed a ...
Read More »Cancer Exosomes Perform Cell-Independent MicroRNA Biogenesis and Promote Tumorigenesis
Exosomes are secreted by all cell types and contain proteins and nucleic acids. Here, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report that breast cancer associated exosomes contain microRNAs (miRNAs) associated with the RISC-Loading Complex (RLC) and ...
Read More »Functions and Therapeutic Roles of Exosomes in Cancer
The role of exosomes in cancer development has become the focus of much research, due to the many emerging roles possessed by exosomes. These microvesicles that are ubiquitously released in to the extracellular milieu, have been found to regulate immune ...
Read More »How proteomic tools can be effectively used to characterize exosomes
Radiation and drug resistance are significant challenges in the treatment of locally advanced, recurrent and metastatic breast cancer that contribute to mortality. Clinically, radiotherapy requires oxygen to generate cytotoxic free radicals that cause DNA damage and allow that damage to ...
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