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. 2023 May 23;13:1149551. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1149551

Table 2.

Role of other types of exosomal cargos in pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Exosomal miRNA Origin or cell source Biomarker or other roles Number of patients Year Ref.
miR-17-5p Serum 1) Diagnostic for PC advanced stage
2) Metastasis
49 2013 (131)
Plasma Diagnostic biomarker for dividing PC and non-PC 20 2015 (132)
miRNA-21 1) Portal vein blood (serum)
2) Pancreatic juice
1) Diagnostic chronic pancreatitis
2) Early diagnostic
3) Prognostic
4) Recurrence diagnostic
5) Tumor survival evaluation
49 2013 (131)
55 2019 (133)
35 2019 (121)
miRNA-210 1) Peripheral blood 1) Early diagnosis
2) Tumor stage
40 2020 (134)
2) PSC Prognostic (gemcitabine resistance) In vitro 2020 (135)
miRNA-10b Peripheral blood (serum) Early diagnosis 36 2020 (136)
40 2017 (137)
miRNA-3976 Serum Early diagnosis 190 2015 (138)
miR-222 1) Peripheral blood
2) PCC
1) Tumor stage diagnosis
2) Survival evaluation
3) Prognostic
Cell line/in vitro 2018 (139)
miRNA-1246 Peripheral blood (serum) Early diagnosis 15 2017 (139)
miRNA-451a 1) Portal vein blood 1) Recurrence diagnostic
2) Tumor survival evaluation
55 2019 (133)
2) Plasma Prognostic and recurrence 46 2018 (140)
miRNA-155 1) Pancreatic juice 1) Early diagnosis
2) Prognostic
35 2019 (121)
2) PCC Prognostic for gemcitabine resistance 1) In vitro 2017 (141)
2) In vivo = 45
miRNA-4644 Saliva Early diagnosis 12 2016 (142)
miR-3607-3p NK cells Prognostic 40 2019 (122)