Abstract

Cancer-derived Extracellular Vesicles and Tumor Microenvironment

Giovanni Camussi, Professor, University of Torino

This presentation will cover the role of extracellular vesicles in cell-to-cell communication. It will also address the correlation between the molecular composition of extracellular vesicles and their biological activity. The  ability of tumor and cancer stem cell derived extracellular vesicles to induce epigenetic changes in tumor micro-environmental cells, to inhibit  the differentiation process of DCs and to favor the formation of a pre-metastatic niche will also be covered.