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Table 3 Non-coding RNAs in exosomes as biomarkers in cancer

From: Isolation and characterization of exosomes for cancer research

Cancer

Non-coding RNAs

Samples

Mechanism

Refs.

Esophageal cancer

miR-21

SeG-NchiRNA

Serum/Plasma

Saliva

Targeting programmed cell death 4 and activating c-Jun N-terminal kinase

Unknown

[230]

[231]

Hepatocellular cancer

miR-92b

miR92a-3p

circPTGR1

Serum

Serum

Serum

Downregulating CD69 and NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity

Inhibiting PTEN/Akt pathway

Regulated by miR449a-MET pathway

[232]

[233]

[234]

Pancreatic cancer

miR-21

miR-451a

miR-4525

Serum/Plasma

Serum/Plasma

Serum/Plasma

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

[235]

[236]

[235]

Colorectal cancer

miR-25-3p

miR-106b-3p

Blood

Serum

Targeting KLF2 and KLF4

Downregulating DLC-1

[237]

[238]

Breast cancer

miR-21

miR‐122‐5p

miR‐215‐5p

let‐7b‐5p

Urine

Plasma

Plasma

Plasma

Unknown

Downregulating syndecan-1

Regulated by Pax-5

Decreasing DNA repair capacity

[239]

[240]

[240]

[240]

Glioblastoma

HOTAIR

miR-221

miR-301

Serum

Serum

Serum

Unknown

Targeting DNM3

Activating AKT and FAK signals

[241]

[242]

[207]

Gastric cancer

HOTTIP

circ-RanGAP1

lncUEGC1

Serum

Plasma

Serum

Promoting gene transcription of several 5′ HOXA genes

Mediating miR-877-3p/VEGFA

Unknown

[243]

[244]

[245]

Prostate cancer

circ_0044516

miR-501-3p

miR-1246

miR-196a-5p

Blood

Urine

Serum

Urine

Unknown

Unknown

Mediating EMT

Unknown

[246]

[247]

[248]

[248]

Lung cancer

circSATB2

lncGAS5

miR-21

miR-106b

Serum

Serum

Serum

Serum

Regulating fascin homolog 1 and actin-bundling protein 1 expression

Unknown

Mediating PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway

Targeting PTEN

[249]

[250]

[251]

[252]

Bladder cancer

MALAT1

PCAT-1

SPRY4-IT1

lncUCA1

circPRMT5

Urine

Urine

Urine

Serum

Urine/serum

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Mediating EMT

Mediating EMT

[253]

[253]

[253]

[151]

[254]

  1. EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin, PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten, VEGFA Vascular endothelial growth factor A