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SUBMITTER: Watson K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3455109 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Watson Kurt K Koumangoye Rainelli R Thompson Pamela P Sakwe Amos M AM Patel Tina T Pratap Siddharth S Ochieng Josiah J
FEBS letters 20120808 19
Our goal in this study was to define the mechanisms by which fetuin-A mediates the adhesion of tumor cells. The data show that in the absence of fetuin-A, detached tumor cells secrete exosomes that contain most of the known exosomal associated proteins but lack the capacity to mediate cellular adhesion. In the presence of fetuin-A, the cells secrete exosomes, which contain, in addition to the other exosomal proteins, fetuin-A, plasminogen and histones. These exosomes mediate adhesion and cell sp ...[more]