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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Role of Exosomes in Prostate Cancer Metastasis.

Theresa Akoto, Sharanjot Saini

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular Mechanisms and Immune Regulation in Prostate Cancer: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. The role of exosomes in bladder cancer immunotherapy.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theresa AkotoDepartment of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2408-2800
Sharanjot SainiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9111-637X
Augusta University · US

Funding

U.S. Department of Defense W81XWH-18-1-0303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer remains a life-threatening disease among men worldwide. The majority of PCa-related mortality results from metastatic disease that is characterized by metastasis of prostate tumor cells to various distant organs, such as lung, liver, and bone. Bone metastasis is most common in prostate cancer with osteoblastic and osteolytic lesions. The precise mechanisms underlying PCa metastasis are still being delineated. Intercellular communication is a key feature underlying prostate cancer progression and metastasis. There exists local signaling between prostate cancer cells and cells within the primary tumor microenvironment (TME), in addition to long range signaling wherein tumor cells communicate with sites of future metastases to promote the formation of pre-metastatic niches (PMN) to augment the growth of disseminated tumor cells upon metastasis. Over the last decade, exosomes/ extracellular vesicles have been demonstrated to be involved in such signaling. Exosomes are nanosized extracellular vesicles (EVs), between 30 and 150 nm in thickness, that originate and are released from cells after multivesicular bodies (MVB) fuse with the plasma membrane. These vesicles consist of lipid bilayer membrane enclosing a cargo of biomolecules, including proteins, lipids, RNA, and DNA. Exosomes mediate intercellular communication by transferring their cargo to recipient cells to modulate target cellular functions. In this review, we discuss the contribution of exosomes/extracellular vesicles in prostate cancer progression, in pre-metastatic niche establishment, and in organ-specific metastases. In addition, we briefly discuss the clinical significance of exosomes as biomarkers and therapeutic agents.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorDrug CarriersDrug Resistance, NeoplasmExosomesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLipidsLymphatic MetastasisMaleMicroRNAsNeovascularization, PathologicProstatic NeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorDrug CarriersLipidsMicroRNAsRNA, Long Noncodingcastration-resistance prostate cancerexosomes/extracellular vesiclesmetastasistumor-derived exosomestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33805398
PMCPMC8036381
OpenAlexW3142366865

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