Intercellular communication by exosome-derived microRNAs in cancer

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 14240-14269

  Hannafon, Bethany N ^a   Ding, Wei Qun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Exosomes; Microenvironment; MicroRNAs; Microvesicles

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA;

BIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPONENT; CELL INVASION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR SECRETION; EXOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; EXOSOMES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880169292     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140714240     Document Type: Review

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