Review Article

Breast Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Characterization and Contribution to the Metastatic Phenotype

Table 1

Comparison of breast cancer-derived MV and exosomal proteins.

RoleMicrovesiclesExosomes

Extracellular matrix degradationEMPRINN [42, 78] 
ARF1 [144]
ADAM10 [51, 65]

Cancer invasion/metastasisRhoA/RhoC GTPase [144]
FAK [41]
EGFR [41]
TF [53, 54, 147]
Annexins A2, A5, and A6 [55, 56, 97, 98]
EpCAM [57, 65, 120]
H2A [46]
CD24 [65]
HSP70 [36, 65]
α-enolase [57]
Integrins α3, α6 [56]

Cell survivalIDO [128]
tTG [107]
PRDX2 [56]
HSC70 [56]