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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2026

Extracellular Vesicles in Osteosarcoma: Mechanisms, Diagnostics and Therapeutic Applications.

Chaoyi Yin, Yiqi Wu, Xiliang Qu, Wenren Wu, Binshan Zhang, Jinshui Chen

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chaoyi Yin *Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Yiqi Wu *Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Xiliang QuDongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Wenren WuDongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Binshan ZhangDongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Jinshui ChenDongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0007-7000-6351

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is a primary bone malignancy of adolescents and young adults with marked heterogeneity and a high metastatic propensity. Five-year survival exceeds 70% in localized disease but falls to about 20% with pulmonary metastasis or chemoresistance, and overall outcomes have plateaued for decades. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as critical mediators of osteosarcoma progression and metastasis. EVs remodel the tumor microenvironment (TME) by promoting immune evasion, extracellular matrix reprogramming, and angiogenesis, while also facilitating invasion, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like plasticity, and formation of lung pre-metastatic niches through organotropic integrins and glycoproteins. Their cargo, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, drives intercellular communication that sustains proliferation, migration, and therapy resistance under metabolic or hypoxic stress. Clinically, the stability of EVs in body fluids and their tumor-specific molecular signatures highlight their promise as liquid-biopsy biomarkers for early diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring. Therapeutically, EVs are being engineered as delivery vehicles for drugs or RNA therapeutics, and interventions targeting their biogenesis, cargo sorting, or uptake are under exploration. Future research should integrate single-EV multi-omics, longitudinal cohort validation, and causal perturbation models to delineate functional mechanisms. Rational strategies that modulate EV dynamics and incorporate standardized analytic pipelines may transform EVs into actionable biomarkers and therapeutic targets, offering new avenues to overcome resistance and improve clinical outcomes in osteosarcoma.

Indexed as

Bone NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesOsteosarcomaAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorHumansTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorEVsmechanismsncRNAsosteosarcomatherapeutic strategiesTME

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PMID41858917
PMCPMC12998350

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