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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2011

Exosomes/microvesicles: mediators of cancer-associated immunosuppressive microenvironments.

Douglas D Taylor, Cicek Gercel-Taylor

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 224 papers.

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224citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

224 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Exosomes as Emerging Nanocarriers for Targeted Cancer Therapy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026
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  15. Relationship between exosomes and cancer: formation, diagnosis, and treatment.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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164 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Douglas D TaylorDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA. ddtaylor@louisville.edu
Cicek Gercel-Taylor

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells, both in vivo and in vitro, have been demonstrated to release membranous structures, defined as microvesicles or exosomes, consisting of an array of macromolecules derived from the originating cells, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. While only recently have the roles of these vesicular components in intercellular communication become elucidated, significant evidence has demonstrated that tumor exosomes can exert a broad array of detrimental effects on the immune system-ranging from apoptosis of activated cytotoxic T cells to impairment of monocyte differentiation into dendritic cells, to induction of myeloid-suppressive cells and T regulatory cells. Immunosuppressive exosomes of tumor origin can be found within neoplastic lesions and in biologic fluids from cancer patients, implying a potential role of these pathways in in vivo tumor progression and systemic paraneoplastic syndromes. Through the expression of molecules involved in angiogenesis promotion, stromal remodeling, signaling pathway activation through growth factor/receptor transfer, chemoresistance, and genetic intercellular exchange, tumor exosomes could represent a central mediator of the tumor microenvironment. By understanding the nature of these tumor-derived exosomes/microvesicles and their roles in mediating cancer progression and modulating the host immune response will significantly impact therapeutic approaches targeting exosomes.

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Immune ToleranceAnimalsCell CommunicationExosomesHumansImmunologic FactorsNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentImmunologic Factors

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