Extracellular vesicles: New endogenous shuttles for mirnas in cancer diagnosis and therapy?

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Abstract

Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) represent a heterogeneous population of membranous cell-derived structures, including cargo-oriented exosomes and microvesicles. EVs are functionally associated with intercellular communication and play an essential role in multiple physiopathological conditions. Shedding of EVs is frequently increased in malignancies and their content, including proteins and nucleic acids, altered during carcinogenesis and cancer progression. EVs-mediated intercellular communication between tumor cells and between tumor and stromal cells can modulate, through cargo miRNA, the survival, progression, and drug resistance in cancer conditions. These consolidated suggestions and EVs’ stability in bodily fluids have led to extensive investigations on the potential employment of circulating EVs-derived miRNAs as tumor biomarkers and potential therapeutic vehicles. In this review, we highlight the current knowledge about circulating EVs-miRNAs in human cancer and the application limits of these tools, discussing their clinical utility and challenges in functions such as in biomarkers and instruments for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy.

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Martellucci, S., Orefice, N. S., Angelucci, A., Luce, A., Caraglia, M., & Zappavigna, S. (2020, September 2). Extracellular vesicles: New endogenous shuttles for mirnas in cancer diagnosis and therapy? International Journal of Molecular Sciences. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186486

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