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ReviewTargeted oncology2018

Extracellular Vesicles As miRNA Nano-Shuttles: Dual Role in Tumor Progression.

Marzia Pucci, Pablo Reclusa Asiáin, Elena Duréndez Sáez, Eloisa Jantus-Lewintre, Mahafarin Malarani, Shahanavaj Khan, Simona Fontana, Aung Naing, Francesco Passiglia, Luis E Raez and 2 more

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Review in Targeted oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

12 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Marzia PucciPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium.
Pablo Reclusa AsiáinPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium.
Elena Duréndez SáezPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium.
Eloisa Jantus-LewintreMolecular Oncology Laboratory, General University Hospital Research Foundation, Avda Tres Cruces 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain.
Mahafarin MalaraniPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium.
Shahanavaj KhanNanomedicine & Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Simona FontanaDepartment of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Biology and Genetics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Aung NaingDepartment of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Francesco PassigliaDepartment of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Luis E RaezThoracic Oncology Program, Memorial Cancer Institute, Memorial Health Care System/Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Christian RolfoPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium. christian.rolfo@uza.be.
Simona TavernaPhase I-Early Clinical Trials Unit, Oncology Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium. simonataverna.unipa@gmail.com.
Antwerp University Hospital · BEUniversity of Palermo · ITCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer · ESFlorida Memorial University · USKing Saud University · SAThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversitat Politècnica de València · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have a pleiotropic role in cancer, interacting with target cells of the tumor microenvironment, such as fibroblasts, immune and endothelial cells. EVs can modulate tumor progression, angiogenic switch, metastasis, and immune escape. These vesicles are nano-shuttles containing a wide spectrum of miRNAs that contribute to tumor progression. MiRNAs contained in extracellular vesicles (EV-miRNAs) are disseminated in the extracellular space and are able to influence the expression of target genes with either tumor suppressor or oncogenic functions, depending on both parental and target cells. Metastatic cancer cells can balance their oncogenic potential by expressing miRNAs with oncogenic function, whilst exporting miRNAs with tumor suppressor roles out of the cells. Importantly, treatment of cancer cells with specific natural and chemical compounds could induce the elimination of miRNAs with oncogenic function, thereby reducing their aggressiveness. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms by which EV-miRNAs, acting as miRNAs with oncogenic or tumor suppressor functions, could contribute to cancer progression.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionExtracellular VesiclesHumansMicroRNAsNanotechnologyMicroRNAs

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PMID29374391
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