Journal
CELLS
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10061361
Keywords
pancreatic cancer; exosomes; extracellular vesicles; miRNA; lncRNA; inflammation
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca, PON BIO-D [ARS01_00876]
- Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore [D1.2020]
- Centro Studi Achille e Linda Lorenzon
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Pancreatic cancer is a devastating digestive tract cancer with difficult diagnosis and treatment. Researchers have been focusing on the role of extracellular vesicles, particularly exosomes, in the pathogenesis and progression of PC. Understanding the secretion and content analysis of extracellular vesicles may offer new diagnostic and prognostic tools for PC.
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is among the most devastating digestive tract cancers worldwide. This cancer is characterized by poor diagnostic detection, lack of therapy, and difficulty in predicting tumorigenesis progression. Although mutations of key oncogenes and oncosuppressor involved in tumor growth and in immunosurveillance escape are known, the underlying mechanisms that orchestrate PC initiation and progression are poorly understood or still under debate. In recent years, the attention of many researchers has been concentrated on the role of extracellular vesicles and of a particular subset of extracellular vesicles, known as exosomes. Literature data report that these nanovesicles are able to deliver their cargos to recipient cells playing key roles in the pathogenesis and progression of many pancreatic precancerous conditions. In this review, we have summarized and discussed principal cargos of extracellular vesicles characterized in PC, such as miRNAs, lncRNAs, and several proteins, to offer a systematic overview of their function in PC progression. The study of extracellular vesicles is allowing to understand that investigation of their secretion and analysis of their content might represent a new and potential diagnostic and prognostic tools for PC.
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