Human pancreatic cancer cell exosomes, but not human normal cell exosomes, act as an initiator in cell transformation

Cancer evolves through a multistep process that occurs by the temporal accumulation of genetic mutations. Tumor-derived exosomes are emerging contributors to tumorigenesis. To understand how exosomes might contribute to cell transformation, we utilized the classic two-step NIH/3T3 cell transformatio...

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Main Authors: Karoliina Stefanius, Kelly Servage, Marcela de Souza Santos, Hillery Fields Gray, Jason E Toombs, Suneeta Chimalapati, Min S Kim, Venkat S Malladi, Rolf Brekken, Kim Orth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40226