miRNAs as biomarkers in disease: latest findings regarding their role in diagnosis and prognosis

CE Condrat, DC Thompson, MG Barbu, OL Bugnar… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a class of small, non-coding RNAs with the main roles of
regulating mRNA through its degradation and adjusting protein levels. In recent years …

[HTML][HTML] The science and translation of lactate shuttle theory

GA Brooks - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Once thought to be a waste product of anaerobic metabolism, lactate is now known to form
continuously under aerobic conditions. Shuttling between producer and consumer cells …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular vesicle-based drug delivery systems for cancer treatment

S Walker, S Busatto, A Pham, M Tian, A Suh… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are naturally occurring cell-secreted nanoparticles that play
important roles in many physiological and pathological processes. EVs enable intercellular …

Exosomes as bio-inspired nanocarriers for RNA delivery: preparation and applications

A Amiri, R Bagherifar, E Ansari Dezfouli… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Nanocarriers as drug/biomolecule delivery systems have been significantly developed
during recent decades. Given the stability, reasonable delivery efficiency, and safety of …

Reexamining cancer metabolism: lactate production for carcinogenesis could be the purpose and explanation of the Warburg Effect

I San-Millán, GA Brooks - Carcinogenesis, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Herein, we use lessons learned in exercise physiology and metabolism to propose that
augmented lactate production ('lactagenesis'), initiated by gene mutations, is the reason and …

An overview of microRNAs

SM Hammond - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The discovery of the first microRNA (miRNA) over 20 years ago has ushered in a new era in
molecular biology. There are now over 2000 miRNAs that have been discovered in humans …

Tumor-derived exosomes and their role in cancer progression

TL Whiteside - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Tumor cells actively produce, release, and utilize exosomes to promote tumor growth.
Mechanisms through which tumor-derived exosomes subserve the tumor are under intense …

Routes and mechanisms of extracellular vesicle uptake

LA Mulcahy, RC Pink, DRF Carter - Journal of extracellular …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small vesicles released by donor cells that can be taken up
by recipient cells. Despite their discovery decades ago, it has only recently become …

Exosome mediated communication within the tumor microenvironment

L Milane, A Singh, G Mattheolabakis, M Suresh… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
It is clear that exosomes (endosome derived vesicles) serve important roles in cellular
communication both locally and distally and that the exosomal process is abnormal in …

Quantitative and stoichiometric analysis of the microRNA content of exosomes

JR Chevillet, Q Kang, IK Ruf… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Exosomes have been proposed as vehicles for microRNA (miRNA)-based intercellular
communication and a source of miRNA biomarkers in bodily fluids. Although exosome …