Cell Death Discovery (Sep 2021)

The functions and potential roles of extracellular vesicle noncoding RNAs in gynecological malignancies

  • Lulu Si,
  • Jing Bai,
  • Hanlin Fu,
  • Haifeng Qiu,
  • Ruixia Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-021-00645-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membranous vesicles secreted by multiple kinds of cells and are widely present in human body fluids. EVs containing various constituents can transfer functional molecules from donor cells to recipient cells, thereby mediating intercellular communication. Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a type of RNA transcript with limited protein-coding capacity, that have been confirmed to be enriched in EVs in recent years. EV ncRNAs have become a hot topic because of their crucial regulating effect in disease progression, especially in cancer development. In this review, we summarized the biological functions of EV ncRNAs in the occurrence and progression of gynecological malignancies. In addition, we reviewed their potential applications in the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological malignancies.