MicroRNAs in extracellular vesicles: Potential cancer biomarkers

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 67-74

  Kinoshita, Takashi ^a   Yip, Kenneth W ^a   Spence, Tara ^a   Liu, Fei Fei ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TUMOR MARKER;

CELL COMPOSITION; CELL ISOLATION; EXOSOME; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; REVIEW; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; EXOSOMES; EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85008627182     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2016.87     Document Type: Review

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