Extracellular vesicles in the tumor microenvironment: old stories, but new tales

Abstract Mammalian cells synthesize and release heterogeneous extracellular vesicles (EVs) which can be generally recognized as subclasses including exosomes, microvesicles (MVs), and apoptotic bodies (ABs), each differing in their biogenesis, composition and biological functions from others. EVs ca...

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Main Authors: Liu Han, Eric W.-F. Lam, Yu Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12943-019-0980-8