Review Article

Exosomes as Mediators of Cell-to-Cell Communication in Thyroid Disease

Table 1

Role of exosomal contents in TC development.

Exosomal originAuthorContentsFunctionLevelReference

SerumLuo et al.SRCRegulate tumor metastasis via activating MAPK/ERK and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathwaysOverexpress[46]

Hypoxic PTC cellsWu et al.miRNA-21-5pVia miRNA-21-5p/TGFBI and miRNA-21-5p/COL4A1 pathway to promote angiogenesis of HUVECsOverexpress[47]

PTC serumYe et al.miRNA-432-5pAccelerating the lymph node metastasisOverexpress[48]

TC-derived cell linesHardySNAILRepressing CDH1 transcription and promoting the development of PTCOverexpress[49]

CSCsHardinLinc-RORTrigger EMT and induce the local tumor microenvironment and the distant metastatic nicheOverexpress[36]

TPC-1 cell lines and 8505 cellsBoufraqechmiR-145Via inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway to suppress the growth and transfer of TCDownexpress[52]