The small vesicular culprits: the investigation of extracellular vesicles as new targets for cancer treatment

Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous vesicles released from almost all type of cells including cancer cells. EVs transfer their components, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), messenger RNAs, lipids and proteins, from one cell to another, affecting the target cells. Emerging evidence suggest...

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Main Authors: Fumihiko Urabe, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Yusuke Yoshioka, Shin Egawa, Takahiro Ochiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-12-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40169-017-0176-z