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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Scavo MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6721576 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scavo Maria Principia MP Depalo Nicoletta N Rizzi Federica F Ingrosso Chiara C Fanizza Elisabetta E Chieti Annarita A Messa Caterina C Denora Nunzio N Laquintana Valentino V Striccoli Marinella M Curri Maria Lucia ML Giannelli Gianluigi G
Cells 20190725 8
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are involved in intercellular communication during carcinogenesis, and cancer cells are able to secrete EVs, in particular exosomes containing molecules, that can be transferred to recipient cells to induce pathological processes and significant modifications, as metastasis, increase of proliferation, and carcinogenesis evolution. FZD proteins, a family of receptors comprised in the Wnt signaling pathway, play an important role in carcinogenesis of the gastroenteric ...[more]