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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 383-391Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12869
Keywords
cancer; CD151; exosomes; target selection; tetraspanin
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- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Science and Engineering Research Board
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Exosomes are cell-cell communicators emerging as a new paradigm for noninvasive diagnosis and prognosis of treatment response. Exosomal tetraspanin proteins like CD63, CD9 and CD81 play a critical role in sorting, selective recruitment of biomolecules, target selection, cell-specific entry, capturing, angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. These tetraspanins are being used as markers for oral, colorectal and colon cancers and glioblastoma. However, exosomal markers with robust specificity for early detection of carcinomas are the furthest along. EXO CARTA database shows the presence of CD151 in exosomes of colorectal, melanoma, ovarian and prostate cancers. CD151 preferentially targets exosomes to lung, lymph node and stroma cells. The present review discussed the possible role of tetraspanins in the formation, cargo selection, target selection and uptake of exosomes and suggests exciting new directions for future research.
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