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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2022

Exosomal non-coding RNAs: Emerging roles in bilateral communication between cancer cells and macrophages.

Wenhao Li, Xiaolong Wang, Chen Li, Tong Chen, Qifeng Yang

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Potential biological roles of exosomal non-coding RNAs in breast cancer.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenhao LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
Xiaolong WangDepartment of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
Chen LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
Tong ChenDepartment of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.
Qifeng YangDepartment of Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Department of Pathology Tissue Bank, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; Research Institute of Breast Cancer, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China. Electronic address: qifengy_sdu@163.com.
Shandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a dynamic network of cellular organization that comprises diverse cell types and significantly contributes to cancer development. As pivotal immune stromal cells in the TME, macrophages are extensively heterogeneous and exert both antitumor and protumor functions. Exosomes are nanosized extracellular membranous vesicles with diameters between 30 and 150 nm. By transferring multiple bioactive substances such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, exosomes play an important role in the communication between cells. Recently, growing evidence has demonstrated that non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are enriched in exosomes and that exosomal ncRNAs are involved in the crosstalk between cancer cells and macrophages. Furthermore, circulating exosomal ncRNAs can be detected in biofluids, serving as promising noninvasive biomarkers for the early diagnosis and prognostic prediction of cancer. Exosome-based therapies are emerging as potent strategies that can be utilized to alleviate tumor progression. Herein, the present knowledge of exosomal ncRNAs and their vital roles in regulating the interplay between cancer cells and macrophages, as well as their clinical applications are summarized.

Indexed as

ExosomesNeoplasmsCommunicationHumansMacrophagesRNA, UntranslatedTumor MicroenvironmentRNA, Untranslatedcancercrosstalkexosomemacrophagenon-coding RNA

Identifiers

PMID34864204
PMCPMC8899606
OpenAlexW3217350616

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