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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2008

Exosomes as a tumor immune escape mechanism: possible therapeutic implications.

Thomas E Ichim, Zhaohui Zhong, Shalesh Kaushal, Xiufen Zheng, Xiubao Ren, Xishan Hao, James A Joyce, Harold H Hanley, Neil H Riordan, James Koropatnick and 4 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Removal of small extracellular vesicles inhibits the progression of peritoneal dissemination in gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2022
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  6. Small extracellular vesicles in cancer.Bioactive materials · 2021
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  10. Advances in Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes as Drug Delivery Vehicles.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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  12. Dark-Side of Exosomes.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  14. [Research Progress on Exosome in Malignant Tumors].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2020
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  15. Exosomes in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Thomas E IchimMedistem Laboratories Inc, San Diego, USA. thomas.ichim@gmail.com
Zhaohui Zhong
Shalesh Kaushal
Xiufen Zheng
Xiubao Ren
Xishan Hao
James A Joyce
Harold H Hanley
Neil H Riordan
James Koropatnick
Vladimir Bogin
Boris R Minev
Wei-Ping Min
Richard H Tullis
Aethlon Medical (United States) · USWestern University · CATianjin Medical University · CNRAM Laboratories (United States) · USSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in cancer therapy have been substantial in terms of molecular understanding of disease mechanisms, however these advances have not translated into increased survival in the majority of cancer types. One unsolved problem in current cancer therapeutics is the substantial immune suppression seen in patients. Conventionally, investigations in this area have focused on antigen-nonspecific immune suppressive molecules such as cytokines and T cell apoptosis inducing molecules such as Fas ligand. More recently, studies have demonstrated nanovesicle particles termed exosomes are involved not only in stimulation but also inhibition of immunity in physiological conditions. Interestingly, exosomes secreted by cancer cells have been demonstrated to express tumor antigens, as well as immune suppressive molecules such as PD-1L and FasL. Concentrations of exosomes from plasma of cancer patients have been associated with spontaneous T cell apoptosis, which is associated in some situations with shortened survival. In this paper we place the "exosome-immune suppression" concept in perspective of other tumor immune evasion mechanisms. We conclude by discussing a novel therapeutic approach to cancer immune suppression by extracorporeal removal of exosomes using hollow fiber filtration technology.

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ImmunotherapyApoptosisEndosomesFas Ligand ProteinHemofiltrationHumansNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor EscapeFas Ligand Protein

Identifiers

PMID18644158
PMCPMC2504474
OpenAlexW2130382041

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