Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40111100›Full record

ReviewCancer medicine2025

Exosomal Lipids in Cancer Progression and Metastasis.

Dandugudumula Ramu, Eunjoo Kim

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancer medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Therapeutic potential of targeting macrophage polarization in metastatic gastric cancer: a review on core mechanisms and clinical progress.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Physical Changes of Biomacromolecules upon Covalent Surface Immobilization.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. AI-Guided SERS Defines a Pan-Cancer Diagnostic Biomarker.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dandugudumula RamuDivision of ABB Research, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Eunjoo KimDivision of ABB Research, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-1182

Funding

Korean Ministry of Science RS-2023-00304257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMetastasis is the primary cause of cancer mortality. It is responsible for 90% of all cancer-related deaths. Intercellular communication is a crucial feature underlying cancer metastasis and progression. Cancerous tumors secrete membrane-derived small extracellular vesicles (30-150 nm) into their extracellular milieu. These tiny organelles, known as exosomes, facilitate intercellular communication by transferring bioactive molecules. These exosomes harbor different cargos, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids, that mediate multifaceted functions in various oncogenic processes. Of note, the amount of lipids in exosomes is multifold higher than that of other cargos. Most studies have investigated the role of exosomes' protein and nucleic acid content in various oncogenic processes, while the role of lipid cargo in cancer pathophysiology remains largely obscure. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe conducted an extensive literature review on the role of exosomes and lipids in cancer progression, specifically addressing the topic of exosomal lipids and their involvement in cancer metastasis and progression.

conclusionsThis review aims to shed light on the lipid contents of exosomes in cancer metastasis. In this context, the role of exosomal lipids in signaling pathways, immunomodulation, and energy production for cancer cell survival provides insights into overcoming cancer progression and metastasis.

Indexed as

ExosomesLipid MetabolismLipidsNeoplasmsAnimalsCell CommunicationDisease ProgressionHumansNeoplasm MetastasisSignal TransductionLipidscancer metastasisexosomesextracellular vesicleslipidsoncogenic process

Identifiers

PMID40111100
PMCPMC11924287

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.