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. 2018 Feb 20;6:18. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2018.00018

Table 2.

Effect of tumor-derived exosomes in endothelial cell (EC) biology.

Process Exosomal factor Effect References
Angiogenesis miR-92a and CO-029/D6.1A Tetraspanin EC tube formation Gesierich et al., 2006; Umezu et al., 2013
Syndecan-1, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), Hepatocyte Growth Factor EC invasion Thompson et al., 2013
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and miR-9 Angiogenesis Al-Nedawi et al., 2009; Gajos-Michniewicz et al., 2014
MMP9, Pentraxin 3, IL-8, PDGF-AB/AA, CD26, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Caveolin 1, Tissue Factor, Factor VIIa, Wnt4, miR-210, miR-23a ECs proliferation and angiogenesis Svensson et al., 2011; King et al., 2012; Kucharzewska et al., 2013; Huang and Feng, 2017; Sruthi et al., 2017
Integrity of vascular barriers miR-105 Destruction of endothelial barriers and promotion of metastasis Zhou W. et al., 2014
miR-181c Breakdown of blood-brain barrier Tominaga et al., 2015
VEGF-A Increase in ECs permeability and angiogenesis Treps et al., 2017