Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27117662›Full record

ReviewAdvances in clinical chemistry2016

Tumor-Derived Exosomes and Their Role in Cancer Progression.

Theresa L Whiteside

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Review in Advances in clinical chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 465 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
465citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
74.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

465 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 767 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Current trends in exosomes as therapeutic drug delivery systems.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  17. Profiling Extrachromosomal Circular DNA (ecDNA) in CancerAnti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  18. Metabolic reprogramming and plasticity of cancer stem cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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405 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theresa L WhitesideUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: whitesidetl@upmc.edu.
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Restoring anti-tumor immunity in the microenvironment of head and neck cancerR01CA168628 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
(PQ11) Reversing exosome-mediated immune suppression - a novel strategy for cancer therapyR21CA205644 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BOYIADZIS, MICHAEL, WHITESIDE, THERESA L. · 2016 to 2017
$370k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS R01 CA16862NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168628NCI NIH HHS R21 CA205644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor cells actively produce, release, and utilize exosomes to promote tumor growth. Mechanisms through which tumor-derived exosomes subserve the tumor are under intense investigation. These exosomes are information carriers, conveying molecular and genetic messages from tumor cells to normal or other abnormal cells residing at close or distant sites. Tumor-derived exosomes are found in all body fluids. Upon contact with target cells, they alter phenotypic and functional attributes of recipients, reprogramming them into active contributors to angiogenesis, thrombosis, metastasis, and immunosuppression. Exosomes produced by tumors carry cargos that in part mimic contents of parent cells and are of potential interest as noninvasive biomarkers of cancer. Their role in inhibiting the host antitumor responses and in mediating drug resistance is important for cancer therapy. Tumor-derived exosomes may interfere with cancer immunotherapy, but they also could serve as adjuvants and antigenic components of antitumor vaccines. Their biological roles in cancer development or progression as well as cancer therapy suggest that tumor-derived exosomes are critical components of oncogenic transformation.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticCellular ReprogrammingDisease ProgressionExosomesGene ExpressionHumansImmunomodulationImmunotherapyNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicSignal TransductionThrombosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorNeoplasm ProteinsCancer progressionExosome contentExosomesExosomes in immunoregulationInformation transferTumor-derived exosomesTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID27117662
PMCPMC5382933
OpenAlexW2416973816

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