Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Functions of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 4556
Special Issue Editors
2. Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Camden Row, Dublin 8, Ireland
Interests: low dose radiation; non-targeted effects; out of field effects; individual radiosensitivity; biophotonics for cancer diagnosis
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Interests: B-cell malignancies; multiple myeloma; Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia; bone marrow microenvironment; tumor cell-bone marrow niche interactions; metastasis; neo-angiogenesis; epigenetic; clonal evolution; novel drugs; exosomes; microRNAs; signal transduction
2. August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
3. Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: noncoding RNAs; microRNAs; piwiRNAs; lncRNAs; circularRNAs; extracellular vesicles; exosomes; biomarkers; lung cancer; colorectal cancer; lymphoma; leukemia
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes and microvesicles, are secreted by most eukaryotic cells and participate in intercellular communication. EVs are considered to be involved in the development and progression of tumors from different tissue sources in numerous ways, including remodeling of the tumor microenvironment, promoting angiogenesis, and regulating the immune escape of tumor cells. Moreover, they have an active role in the metastasis process since they participate in the creation of the pre-metastatic niche and even enhance the survival and extravasation of circulating tumor cells. In addition, EV‐based drug delivery strategies in preclinical and clinical trials have been shown to dramatically decrease cancer development.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Extracellular vesicles in the detection of cancer;
- Nucleic acids in cancer extracellular vesicles;
- Proteins in cancer extracellular vesicles;
- Extracellular vesicles as key components of the tumor microenvironment;
- Extracellular vesicles and tumor immunity;
- Extracellular vesicles in tumor angiogenesis;
- Extracellular vesicles and cancer-associated fibroblasts;
- Regulation of tumor growth and metastasis by extracellular vesicles;
- Extracellular vesicles and tumorigenesis;
- Extracellular vesicles and tumor ECM remodeling;
- Extracellular vesicles and metastasis;
- Tumor extracellular vesicles and resistance to therapy;
- Extracellular vesicles and radiotherapy;
- Extracellular vesicles and treatment monitoring;
- Extracellular vesicles as nanocarriers of anticancer therapies;
- Identification of EV biomarkers related to patient outcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fiona Lyng
Dr. Aldo M. Roccaro
Prof. Dr. Alfons Navarro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracellular vescicles
- cancer progression
- drug delivery
- cancer biomarkers
- exosomes
- liquid Bioipsy
- therapy
