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ReviewCancers2025

The Emerging Role of Extracellular Vesicle-Derived lncRNAs and circRNAs in Tumor and Mesenchymal Stem Cells: The Biological Functions and Potential for Clinical Application.

Ya-Wen Luo, Chen-Guang Liu, Jane Allyn Kirby, Chen Chu, Dan Zang, Jun Chen

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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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

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Extracellular RNAs as Messengers and Early Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

6 authors.

Ya-Wen LuoDepartment of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116021, China.
Chen-Guang LiuDepartment of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116021, China.
Jane Allyn KirbyDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Chen ChuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8084-0867
Dan ZangDepartment of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116021, China.
Jun ChenDepartment of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116021, China.

Funding

"1+X" program for Clinical Competency enhancement-Clinical Research Incubation Project of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University 2022LCYJYB01National Natural Science Foundation of China 82203056Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province 2023-BS-167Science and Technology Talent Innovation Support Plan of Dalian 2022RQ091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by nearly all types of cells, and they communicate between cells by transporting bioactive molecules, including proteins, DNA, RNA, and lipids. In recent years, RNA carried by EVs, particularly the long-chain non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA) subtypes, has garnered interest with respect to their role in controlling tumor progression. Among them, there are increasing reports that mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) maintain a recently discovered function as transporters of lncRNAs and circRNAs. However, detailed molecular functions of lncRNAs and circRNAs contained in MSC-EVs are not presently summarized, and the efficacy of MSC-EVs as molecular carriers requires further elucidation. This review summarizes the biological characteristics of EVs and the common mechanisms of lncRNAs and circRNAs contained within them. The "double-edged sword" effect and related molecular mechanism of EV-derived lncRNAs (EV-lncRNAs) and circRNAs (EV-circRNAs) between differing tumor types and MSCs are highlighted. The potential of MSC-EVs in the field of tumor diagnosis and treatment is discussed to suggest new directions for the strategy of engineering MSC-EVs as anti-tumor drug carriers.

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circRNAsextracellular vesicleslncRNAsmesenchymal stem cellstumor

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PMID40647484
PMCPMC12248654

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