Exosomes and CAFs: partners in crime

Blood. 2015 Aug 27;126(9):1053-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-07-655233.

Abstract

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).

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Exosomes / pathology*
  • Fibroblasts / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Stromal Cells / pathology*