The use of alternative strategies for enhanced nanoparticle delivery to solid tumors

M Izci, C Maksoudian, BB Manshian… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial (NM) delivery to solid tumors has been the focus of intense research for over a
decade. Classically, scientists have tried to improve NM delivery by employing passive or …

The extracellular matrix in tumor progression and metastasis

JA Eble, S Niland - Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2019 - Springer
The extracellular matrix (ECM) constitutes the scaffold of tissues and organs. It is a complex
network of extracellular proteins, proteoglycans and glycoproteins, which form …

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles: The metastatic organotropism drivers

J Rezaie, M Ahmadi, R Ravanbakhsh, B Mojarad… - Life Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The continuous growing, spreading, and metastasis of tumor cells depend on intercellular
communication within cells resident in a tissue environment. Such communication is …

Extracellular vesicles and matrix remodeling enzymes: the emerging roles in extracellular matrix remodeling, progression of diseases and tissue repair

M Nawaz, N Shah, BR Zanetti, M Maugeri, RN Silvestre… - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane enclosed micro-and nano-sized vesicles that are
secreted from almost every species, ranging from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, and from …

Metabolic reprogramming of stromal fibroblasts by melanoma exosome microRNA favours a pre-metastatic microenvironment

SL Shu, Y Yang, CL Allen, O Maguire, H Minderman… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Local acidification of stroma is proposed to favour pre-metastatic niche formation but the
mechanism of initiation is unclear. We investigated whether Human Melanoma-derived …

Extracellular vesicles as a novel source of biomarkers in liquid biopsies for monitoring cancer progression and drug resistance

MH Vasconcelos, HR Caires, A Ābols… - Drug Resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been detected in the bloodstream and
other biofluids of cancer patients. They carry various tumor-derived molecules such as …

Cytokine profiling in serum-derived exosomes isolated by different methods

HH Jung, JY Kim, JE Lim, YH Im - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Exosomes in blood play an important role in cell-to-cell signaling and are a novel source of
biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of diseases. Recently, evidence has …

A comprehensive insight into the role of exosomes in viral infection: dual faces bearing different functions

MH Saad, R Badierah, EM Redwan, EM El-Fakharany - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) subtype, exosome is an extracellular nano-vesicle that sheds
from cells' surface and originates as intraluminal vesicles during endocytosis. Firstly, it was …

Extracellular acidity and increased exosome release as key phenotypes of malignant tumors

M Logozzi, E Spugnini, D Mizzoni, R Di Raimo… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2019 - Springer
The tumor milieu is characteristically acidic as a consequence of the fermentative
metabolism of glucose that results in massive accumulation of lactic acid within the …

The pre-metastatic niche in lymph nodes: formation and characteristics

L Gillot, L Baudin, L Rouaud, F Kridelka… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Lymph node metastasis is a crucial prognostic parameter in many different types of cancers
and a gateway for further dissemination to distant organs. Prior to metastatic dissemination …