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Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine.

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Shang, M; Ji, JS; Song, C; Gao, BJ; Jin, JG; Kuo, WP; Kang, H
Published in: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
January 2017

Precision medicine has emerged as an approach to tailor therapies for an individual at the time of diagnosis and/or treatment. This emergence has been fueled by the ability to profile nucleic acids, along with proteins and lipids isolated from biofluids, a method called "liquid biopsy ," either by or in combination of one of the following components: circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell-free DNA (cfDNA), and/or extracellular vesicles (EVs) . EVs are membrane-surrounded structures released by cells in an evolutionarily conserved manner. EVs have gained much attention from both the basic and clinical research areas, as EVs appear to play a role in many diseases; however, the well-known case is cancer. The hallmark of EVs in cancer is their role as mediators of communication between cells both at physiological and pathophysiological levels; hence, EVs are thought to contribute to the creation of a microenvironmental niche that promotes cancer cell survival, as well as reprogramming distant tissue for invasion. It is important to understand the mechanistic and functional aspects at the basic science level of EVs to get a better grasp on their role in healthy and disease states. EVs range from 30-1000 nm membrane-enclosed vesicles that are released by many mammalian cell types and present in a variety of biofluids. EVs have emerged as an area of clinical interest in the era of Precision Medicine, from their role in liquid biopsy (tissue biopsy free) approach for screening, assessing tumor heterogeneity, monitoring therapeutic responses, and minimal residual disease detection to EV-based therapeutics . EVs' diagnostic and therapeutic exploitation is under intense investigation in various indications. This chapter highlights EV biogenesis , composition of EVs, and their potential role in liquid biopsy diagnostics and therapeutics in the area of cancer.

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Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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1940-6029

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1064-3745

Publication Date

January 2017

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1660

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1 / 14

Related Subject Headings

  • Precision Medicine
  • Neoplasms
  • Mutation
  • Liquid Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Extracellular Vesicles
  • Exosomes
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Developmental Biology
  • Biopsy
 

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Shang, M., Ji, J. S., Song, C., Gao, B. J., Jin, J. G., Kuo, W. P., & Kang, H. (2017). Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1660, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7253-1_1
Shang, Mingyi, John S. Ji, Chao Song, Bao Jun Gao, Jason Gang Jin, Winston Patrick Kuo, and Hongjun Kang. “Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine.Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1660 (January 2017): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7253-1_1.
Shang M, Ji JS, Song C, Gao BJ, Jin JG, Kuo WP, et al. Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ). 2017 Jan;1660:1–14.
Shang, Mingyi, et al. “Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine.Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), vol. 1660, Jan. 2017, pp. 1–14. Epmc, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7253-1_1.
Shang M, Ji JS, Song C, Gao BJ, Jin JG, Kuo WP, Kang H. Extracellular Vesicles: A Brief Overview and Its Role in Precision Medicine. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ). 2017 Jan;1660:1–14.

Published In

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

DOI

EISSN

1940-6029

ISSN

1064-3745

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

1660

Start / End Page

1 / 14

Related Subject Headings

  • Precision Medicine
  • Neoplasms
  • Mutation
  • Liquid Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Extracellular Vesicles
  • Exosomes
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Developmental Biology
  • Biopsy