IMR Press / FBL / Volume 27 / Issue 7 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2707205
Open Access Review
Exosomes in Liquid Biopsy: A Nanotool for Postradiotherapy Cancer Monitoring
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1 State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, 610041 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
*Correspondence: yaoyang@scu.edu.cn (Yang Yao)
Academic Editor: Tsuyoshi Sugiura
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2022, 27(7), 205; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2707205
Submitted: 22 May 2022 | Revised: 15 June 2022 | Accepted: 15 June 2022 | Published: 27 June 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Liquid biopsy has advantages over traditional biopsy, which cannot determine tumor dynamics. As a noninvasive and precise test, liquid biopsy detects biomarkers that carry information on tumor progression and has undergone tremendous development in recent years. Exosome detection is one of the methods of liquid biopsy. Radiotherapy affects the release of exosomes and intercellular communication. Based on the properties, extractability, and detectability of exosomes, key exosomal cargoes after tumor radiotherapy can be used as biomarkers for tumor prognosis. Exosomes after tumor radiotherapy can be used for liquid biopsy. The main applications include (1) predicting radiotherapy efficacy, (2) predicting tumor prognosis, and (3) optimizing the regimen of tumor treatment. This review provides further research directions for liquid biopsy after tumor radiotherapy.

Keywords
exosomes
liquid biopsy
cancer
radiotherapy
Funding
81700941/National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation Project
2020YFS0172/Key Research and Development projects in the Sichuan Province
2021CDLZ-8/Strategic Cooperation Special Project Sichuan University & Luzhou City
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