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SUBMITTER: Chen C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3136803 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Chihchen C Skog Johan J Hsu Chia-Hsien CH Lessard Ryan T RT Balaj Leonora L Wurdinger Thomas T Carter Bob S BS Breakefield Xandra O XO Toner Mehmet M Irimia Daniel D
Lab on a chip 20091208 4
Microvesicles (exosomes) shed from both normal and cancerous cells may serve as means of intercellular communication. These microvesicles carry proteins, lipids and nucleic acids derived from the host cell. Their isolation and analysis from blood samples have the potential to provide information about state and progression of malignancy and should prove of great clinical importance as biomarkers for a variety of disease states. However, current protocols for isolation of microvesicles from blood ...[more]