Journal
GENES
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes12060902
Keywords
extracellular vesicles; RNA; non-coding RNA; liquid biopsy; biomarker; hepatocellular carcinoma
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- University of Ferrara, Italy (FIR)
- Fondazione Di Bella Onlus
- University of Ferrara, Italy (FAR)
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Extracellular vesicles containing non-coding RNA, particularly in specific subtypes, play a crucial role in regulating gene expression and various biological processes related to hepatocellular carcinoma. The potential clinical applications of EV-ncRNAs as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in liver conditions are increasingly being recognized.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have attracted interest as mediators of intercellular communication following the discovery that EVs contain RNA molecules, including non-coding RNA (ncRNA). Growing evidence for the enrichment of peculiar RNA species in specific EV subtypes has been demonstrated. ncRNAs, transferred from donor cells to recipient cells, confer to EVs the feature to regulate the expression of genes involved in differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, and other biological processes. These multiple actions require accuracy in the isolation of RNA content from EVs and the methodologies used play a relevant role. In liver, EVs play a crucial role in regulating cell-cell communications and several pathophysiological events in the heterogeneous liver class of cells via horizontal transfer of their cargo. This review aims to discuss the rising role of EVs and their ncRNAs content in regulating specific aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma development, including tumorigenesis, angiogenesis, and tumor metastasis. We analyze the progress in EV-ncRNAs' potential clinical applications as important diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for liver conditions.
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