Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of digestive tract. Early diagnosis, process monitoring, and appropriate treatment strategies are crucial to reducing mortality and improving patient outcomes. However, the lack of specific early symptoms and reliable diagnostic markers often lead...

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Main Authors: Wenjing Lu, Minghan Li, DanZeng LaMu, Hui Qian, Zhaofeng Liang, Xuezhong Xu
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
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description Gastric cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of digestive tract. Early diagnosis, process monitoring, and appropriate treatment strategies are crucial to reducing mortality and improving patient outcomes. However, the lack of specific early symptoms and reliable diagnostic markers often leads to delayed diagnosis and suboptimal treatment strategies. Exosomes, as small vesicular structures derived from endosomes, play crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication and have emerged as promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets in various cancers, including gastric cancer. This comprehensive review delves into the significance of exosomes and their cargo proteins, particularly focusing on their applications in the diagnosis, progress and treatment of gastric cancer. Based on this review, we believe that the real-time release characteristics of extracellular vesicle proteins make them an ideal tool for dynamically monitoring gastric cancer progression and treatment response. The potential of extracellular vesicles in “liquid biopsy” can be explored to replace traditional invasive examinations and achieve non-invasive and continuous disease monitoring. In the future, nanotechnology can be combined with artificial intelligence to develop an efficient extracellular vesicle protein capture and analysis platform, in order to enhance diagnostic sensitivity and specificity.
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spelling doaj-art-62b2ea4b01cf427faa1506d6b5df6e212025-08-20T03:49:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology2296-634X2025-07-011310.3389/fcell.2025.15605831560583Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancerWenjing Lu0Wenjing Lu1Minghan Li2Minghan Li3DanZeng LaMu4DanZeng LaMu5Hui Qian6Hui Qian7Zhaofeng Liang8Zhaofeng Liang9Xuezhong Xu10Wujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaWujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaWujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaWujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaWujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, ChinaWujin Institute of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Cancer Medicine of Jiangsu University, Wujin Hospital Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaGastric cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of digestive tract. Early diagnosis, process monitoring, and appropriate treatment strategies are crucial to reducing mortality and improving patient outcomes. However, the lack of specific early symptoms and reliable diagnostic markers often leads to delayed diagnosis and suboptimal treatment strategies. Exosomes, as small vesicular structures derived from endosomes, play crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication and have emerged as promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets in various cancers, including gastric cancer. This comprehensive review delves into the significance of exosomes and their cargo proteins, particularly focusing on their applications in the diagnosis, progress and treatment of gastric cancer. Based on this review, we believe that the real-time release characteristics of extracellular vesicle proteins make them an ideal tool for dynamically monitoring gastric cancer progression and treatment response. The potential of extracellular vesicles in “liquid biopsy” can be explored to replace traditional invasive examinations and achieve non-invasive and continuous disease monitoring. In the future, nanotechnology can be combined with artificial intelligence to develop an efficient extracellular vesicle protein capture and analysis platform, in order to enhance diagnostic sensitivity and specificity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2025.1560583/fullexosomesproteinsdiagnosisoccurrencedevelopmenttreatment
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Zhaofeng Liang
Xuezhong Xu
Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
exosomes
proteins
diagnosis
occurrence
development
treatment
title Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
title_full Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
title_fullStr Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
title_full_unstemmed Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
title_short Exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis, process and treatment of gastric cancer
title_sort exosomes and their cargo proteins in diagnosis process and treatment of gastric cancer
topic exosomes
proteins
diagnosis
occurrence
development
treatment
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2025.1560583/full
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