Extracellular Vesicles as Modulators of Cancer Initiation, Progression and Therapy Resistance—Series II
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 378
Special Issue Editors
Interests: prostate cancer; melanoma; ovarian cancer; cancer biology; mechanisms of cancer cell death; cancer metastasis; cancer metabolism; cancer drug resistance; cancer stem cells; tumor microenvironment; extracellular vesicles
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Interests: EVs in cancer drug resistance and therapy escape; mechanisms underlying EV uptake and cargo utilization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the successful publication of the first Special Issue of “Extracellular Vesicles as Modulators of Cancer Initiation, Progression and Therapy Resistance”, we are very pleased to launched the new edition, which is dedicated to highlighting the recent developments in this field.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are 50–1000 nm sized, membrane-bound particles released by both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and involved in cell-to-cell communication. They can be found in various body fluids, such as blood, urine and saliva, and transfer proteins, RNAs, miRNAs and lncRNAs from the originating cells to both neighboring and distant cells.
It is now widely accepted that EVs play a key role in different tumorigenic processes, including cancer proliferation, migration and angiogenesis, as well as tumor drug resistance. Moreover, they are implicated in the interactions between malignant and non-malignant cells in the tumor microenvironment, such as stromal and immune cells. Due to their ubiquitous presence in body fluids and their characteristic of often reflecting the molecular signature of the donor cell, they have recently emerged as promising biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Exciting therapeutic strategies aimed at exploiting EVs as biocompatible drug delivery platforms are also being explored.
This Special Issue focuses on the role of EVs in cancer development, metastasis and therapy resistance. Original papers and review articles on the following topics are welcome: (I) mechanisms of EVs’ release and uptake in cancer; (II) EV-mediated cross-talk between malignant and non-malignant cells in the tumor microenvironment; (III) EVs’ role in the emergence of cancer drug resistance; (IV) EVs as a source of biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis; (V) EVs as drug delivery vehicles for cancer treatment.
Dr. Fabrizio Fontana
Dr. Priya Samuel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracellular vesicles
- exosomes
- microvesicles
- tumor microenvironment
- cancer drug resistance
- cancer diagnosis
- cancer prognosis
- biomarkers
- liquid biopsies
- cancer therapy
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