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Emerging Role of Extracellular Vesicles and Cellular Communication in Metastasis.

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Authors

Forder, Aisling 
Hsing, Chi-Yun 
Trejo Vazquez, Jessica  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-4410
Garnis, Cathie 

Abstract

Communication between cancer cells and the surrounding stromal cells of the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a key role in promoting metastasis, which is the major cause of cancer death. Small membrane-bound particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released from both cancer and stromal cells and have a key role in mediating this communication through transport of cargo such as various RNA species (mRNA, miRNA, lncRNA), proteins, and lipids. Tumor-secreted EVs have been observed to induce a pro-tumorigenic phenotype in non-malignant cells of the stroma, including fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and local immune cells. These cancer-associated cells then drive metastasis by mechanisms such as increasing the invasiveness of cancer cells, facilitating angiogenesis, and promoting the formation of the pre-metastatic niche. This review will cover the role of EV-mediated signaling in the TME during metastasis and highlight the therapeutic potential of targeting these pathways to develop biomarkers and novel treatment strategies.

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Keywords

cancer, cellular communication, extracellular vesicles, metastasis, tumor microenvironment, Cell Communication, Endothelial Cells, Extracellular Vesicles, Fibroblasts, Humans, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Stromal Cells, Tumor Microenvironment

Journal Title

Cells

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Journal ISSN

2073-4409
2073-4409

Volume Title

10

Publisher

MDPI AG