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Identification of double-stranded genomic DNA spanning all chromosomes with mutated KRAS and p53 DNA in the serum exosomes of patients with pancreatic cancer.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Feb 2014
Kahlert Christoph, Melo Sonia A, Protopopov Alexei, Tang Jiabin, Seth Sahil, Koch Moritz, Zhang Jianhua, Weitz Juergen, Chin Lynda, Futreal Andrew, Kalluri Raghu
Abstract excerpt
Exosomes are small vesicles (50-150 nm) of endocytic origin that are released by many different cell types. Exosomes in the tumor microenvironment may play a key role in facilitating cell-cell communication. Exosomes are reported to predominantly contain RNA and proteins. In this study, we investigated whether exosomes from pancreatic cancer cells and serum from patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
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