PMID- 33297914 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220228 LR - 20220228 IS - 1875-5666 (Electronic) IS - 1566-5240 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 7 DP - 2021 TI - Extracellular Vesicles in Tumor Diagnosis: A Mini-Review. PG - 596-606 LID - 10.2174/1573405616666201209103154 [doi] AB - Wide exploration of noninvasive tumor/cancer biomarkers has shed light on clinical diagnosis. However, many under-investigated biomarkers showed limited application potency due to low sensitivity and specificity, while extracellular vehicles (EVs) were gradually recognized as promising candidates. EVs are small vesicles transporting bioactive cargos between cells in multiple physiological processes and also in tumor/cancer pathogenesis. This review aimed to offer recent studies of EVs on structure, classification, physiological functions, as well as changes in tumor initiation and progression. Furthermore, we focused on advances of EVs and/or EV-related substances in cancer diagnosis, and summarized ongoing studies of promising candidates for future investigations. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Yu, Si AU - Yu S AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Huang, Menglin AU - Huang M AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Wang, Jingyu AU - Wang J AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Zheng, Yongchang AU - Zheng Y AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. FAU - Xu, Haifeng AU - Xu H AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. LA - eng GR - CFHPC 2020021/WBE Liver Fibrosis Foundation-Beijing Dongcheng District outstanding talent funding project/ GR - 18JR3RA029/Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Curr Mol Med JT - Current molecular medicine JID - 101093076 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - *Cell Communication MH - Extracellular Vesicles/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - *Neoplasms/diagnosis/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Extracellular vesicle OT - biomarker OT - cancer diagnosis OT - exosome OT - microvesicles. OT - tumor microenvironment EDAT- 2020/12/11 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/01 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/10 05:35 PHST- 2020/05/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/10 05:35 [entrez] AID - CMM-EPUB-112219 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1573405616666201209103154 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Mol Med. 2021;21(7):596-606. doi: 10.2174/1573405616666201209103154.