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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chiba M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086824 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chiba Mitsuru M Kubota Shiori S Sato Konomi K Monzen Satoru S
Scientific reports 20180810 1
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest 5 year survival rate among all cancers. Several extracellular factors are involved in the development and metastasis of pancreatic cancer to distant organs. Exosomes are lipid-bilayer, membrane-enclosed nanoparticles that are recognised as important mediators of cell-to-cell communications. However, the role of exosomes released from pancreatic cancer cells in tumour micro-environment remains unknown. Here, we show that exosomes released from pancreatic cancer PK ...[more]