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SUBMITTER: Colombo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6650870 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colombo Michela M Giannandrea Domenica D Lesma Elena E Basile Andrea A Chiaramonte Raffaella R
International journal of molecular sciences 20190701 13
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a heterogeneous group of membranous structures shed by all kinds of cell types, which are released into the surrounding microenvironment or spread to distant sites through the circulation. Therefore, EVs are key mediators of the communication between tumor cells and the surrounding microenvironment or the distant premetastatic niche due to their ability to transport lipids, transcription factors, mRNAs, non-coding regulatory RNAs, and proteins. Multiple mye ...[more]