Exosome-mediated transfer of regulatory RNAs is a key feature that enables cancer cells to shape a tumor-promoting environment. Cancers growing in the bone can use this communication modality to...
Read More »Exosomal lncRNAs and cancer: connecting the missing links
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, are potent and clinically valuable tools for early diagnosis, prognosis and potentially the targeted treatment of cancer. The content of EVs is...
Read More »Emerging role of exosome-derived long non-coding RNAs in tumor microenvironment
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles released by many cell types and have been attributed for their roles in many diseases including cancer. Exosomes...
Read More »Purification of Exosomes from Primary Schwann Cells, RNA Extraction, and Next-Generation Sequencing of Exosomal RNAs
Exosomes are small (30-150 nm) vesicles of endosomal origin secreted by most cell types. Exosomes contain proteins, lipids, and RNA species including microRNA, mRNA, rRNA, and long noncoding
Read More »The diagnostic/prognostic potential and molecular functions of long non-coding RNAs in the exosomes
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive malignancy associated with unfavorable prognosis, and it’s difficult to diagnose and no effective treatments are available. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in tumorigenesis and metastasis. Intact lncRNAs from exosomes have sparked much interest as potential biomarker for the non-invasive analysis of disease. Here, via exosome sequencing on lncRNAs, GO analysis, KEGG pathway and ...
Read More »Extracellular vesicle associated long non-coding RNAs functionally enhance cell viability
Cells communicate with one another to create microenvironments and share resources. One avenue by which cells communicate is through the action of exosomes. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that are released by one cell and taken up by neighbouring cells. But how exosomes instigate communication between cells has remained largely unknown. Researchers from the University of New South Wales present evidence ...
Read More »Exosomes mediated transfer of lncRNA UCA1 results in increased tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells
In this study, researchers at the People’s Hospital of Shouguang compared the loading of urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) in exosomes between tamoxifen sensitive and tamoxifen resistant breast cancer cells and further investigated the role of exosomal transfer of UCA1 in the development of tamoxifen resistance in estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer cells. The researchers isolated exosomes from the culture ...
Read More »Detection of long non-coding RNAs in human breastmilk extracellular vesicles
Breastmilk has many documented beneficial effects on the developing human infant, but the components of breastmilk that influence these developmental pathways have not been fully elucidated. Increasing evidence suggests that non-coding RNAs encapsulated in extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent an important mechanism of communication between the mother and child. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are of particular interest given their key role ...
Read More »A comparative analysis of lncRNAs in prostate cancer exosomes and their parental cell lines
Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer in men world-wide. Due to its heterogeneous nature, a considerable amount of research effort has been dedicated in identifying effective clinical biomarkers with a focus on proteins, messenger RNA and microRNAs. However, there is limited data on the role and expression of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in prostate cancer exosomes. Researchers from the ...
Read More »Circulating long RNAs in serum extracellular vesicles: Their Characterization and Potential Application as Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
Long non-coding RNA and mRNAs are long RNAs (> 200 nucleotides) compared to microRNAs. In blood, long RNAs may be protected by serum extracellular vesicles, such as apoptotic bodies (ABs), microvesicles (MVs), and exosomes (EXOs). They are potential biomarkers for identifying cancer. Sera from 76 pre-operative CRC patients, 76 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects and 20 colorectal adenoma (CA) patients ...
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