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Exosomes and CAFs: partners in crime.

Benedetta ApollonioAlan G Ramsay
Published in: Blood (2015)
In this issue of Blood, Paggetti et al present novel findings that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-derived exosomes and their molecular cargo are actively transferred to stromal cells that reside in the lymphoid tumor microenvironment (TME), promoting the reprogramming of these cells into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs).
Keyphrases
  • chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • induced apoptosis
  • stem cells
  • cell cycle arrest
  • endoplasmic reticulum stress
  • extracellular matrix
  • oxidative stress
  • hiv testing
  • single molecule
  • pi k akt