| Literature DB >> 27366992 |
Veronica Torrano1, Felix Royo2, Héctor Peinado3, Ana Loizaga-Iriarte4, Miguel Unda4, Juan M Falcón-Perez5, Arkaitz Carracedo6.
Abstract
Normal and tumor cells shed vesicles to the environment. Within the large family of extracellular vesicles, exosomes and microvesicles have attracted much attention in the recent years. Their interest ranges from mediators of cancer progression, inflammation, immune regulation and metastatic niche regulation, to non-invasive biomarkers of disease. In this respect, the procedures to purify and analyze extracellular vesicles have quickly evolved and represent a source of variability for data integration in the field. In this review, we provide an updated view of the potential of exosomes and microvesicles as biomarkers and the available technologies for their isolation.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27366992 PMCID: PMC4992611 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2016.06.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Pharmacol ISSN: 1471-4892 Impact factor: 5.547