ReviewJournal of extracellular vesicles2021
Extracellular vesicles in the development of organ-specific metastasis.
Review in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Global hotspots and trends in pre-metastatic niche research: a bibliometric analysis(2005-2024).Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
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- Orchestrating the metastatic symphony: the role of extracellular vesicles in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and pulmonary niche formation of breast cancer.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
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- Downregulated lysyl oxidase in plasma extracellular vesicles: a biomarker linked to brain metastasis risk in lung adenocarcinoma.BMC medicine · 2026Article
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- EV-Mediated Oncogenic Regulation in Lung Cancer and Clinical Translation: From Liquid Biopsy to Targeted Delivery Systems.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- "Exosomal blueprint of lung-tropic metastasis: molecular signatures, microenvironmental conditioning, and translational implications in cancer".Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Fluid Shear Stress Modulates Inflammation in Breast Cancer Microenvironment.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Adipocyte-Tumor Interactions in the Bone Marrow Niche: Implications for Metastasis and Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- P2X7 a new therapeutic target to block vesicle-dependent metastasis in colon carcinoma: Role of the A2A/CD39/CD73 axis.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Mechanical regulation of extracellular vesicle activity during tumour progression.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Review
- Biogenesis and functional implications of extracellular vesicles in cancer metastasis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Review
- Extracellular Vesicles as Targeted Communicators in Complementary Medical Treatments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in the Control of Vascular Checkpoints for Cancer Metastasis.Cancers · 2025Review
- Pathways and outputs orchestrated in tumor microenvironment cells by hypoxia-induced tumor-derived exosomes in pan-cancer.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Distant organ metastasis, often termed as organotropic metastasis or metastatic organotropism, is a fundamental feature of malignant tumours and accounts for most cancer-related mortalities. This process is orchestrated by many complex biological interactions and processes that are mediated by a combination of anatomical, genetic, pathophysiological and biochemical factors. Recently, extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly being demonstrated as critical mediators of bi-directional tumour-host cell interactions, controlling organ-specific infiltration, adaptation and colonization at the secondary site. EVs govern organotropic metastasis by modulating the pre-metastatic microenvironment through upregulation of pro-inflammatory gene expression and immunosuppressive cytokine secretion, induction of phenotype-specific differentiation and recruitment of specific stromal cell types. This review discusses EV-mediated metastatic organotropism in visceral (brain, lung, liver, and lymph node) and skeletal (bone) metastasis, and discusses how the pre-metastatic education by EVs transforms the organ into a hospitable, tumour cell-friendly milieu that supports the growth of metastatic cells. Decoding the organ-specific traits of EVs and their functions in organotropic metastasis is essential in accelerating the clinical application of EVs in cancer management.
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