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ReviewNature biomedical engineering2025

Mechanical regulation of extracellular vesicle activity during tumour progression.

Kshitiz Parihar, Di-Ao Liu, Ghmkin Hassan, David A Issadore, Paul A Janmey, Valerie M Weaver, Wei Guo, Ravi Radhakrishnan

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Review in Nature biomedical engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kshitiz PariharDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-1798
Di-Ao LiuDepartment of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ghmkin HassanCenter for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
David A IssadoreDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Paul A JanmeyDepartment of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Valerie M WeaverCenter for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Wei GuoDepartment of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-0360
Ravi RadhakrishnanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rradhak@seas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-2851

Funding

Tissue mechanics reprograms the tissue to malignancy and metastasisR35CA242447 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI VALERIE MARIE WEAVER · 2020 to 2026
$6.6M
Pathological consequences of altered tissue mechanics in fibrosisR01EB017753 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JANMEY, PAUL A, SHENOY, VIVEK · 2014 to 2025
$6.3M
A physical sciences approach to investigate the role of exosomes in metastatic progressionU01CA250044 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GUO, WEI, RADHAKRISHNAN, RAVI · 2021 to 2025
$3.9M
Regulation of cell, tissue, and nucleus function by mechanical properties of biopolymer networksR35GM136259 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Paul A Janmey · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA242447NCI NIH HHS U01 CA250044NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017753NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136259U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) EB01775309U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) CA250044U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM136259
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are naturally occurring membrane-bound vesicles secreted by cells. Functionalized with surface-targeting molecules and carrying signalling proteins and nucleic acids as cargo, EVs can rewire pathways and alter biological processes in recipient cells. Tumour-derived EVs have key roles in cancer progression, particularly in metastasis, by promoting tumour cell invasion and the establishment of pre-metastatic niches. An evolving understanding of EVs in cancer highlights a complex intercellular communication network within and beyond the tumour microenvironment that involves cancer cells and non-cancerous cell types, such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. More recently, EVs have also been recognized for their role in modulating interactions between host and immune cells and in reprogramming the tumour immune microenvironment. In this Review, we discuss EV biogenesis and function in diverse mechanobiological and mechanoimmunological contexts, highlighting how mechanical cues influence EV targeting and activity. The intricate interplay between mechanical forces and EV dynamics contributes to tumour progression and links EVs to key disease hallmarks.

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Extracellular VesiclesNeoplasmsAnimalsCell CommunicationDisease ProgressionHumansTumor Microenvironment

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PMID40770502
PMCPMC12337232

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