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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2018 Jan 31;118(4):1917–1950. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00534

Table 5.

Application of EVs as circulating biomarkers for various diseases.

Disease type Organs References
Cancer Glioblastoma multiforme 6, 10, 22, 116, 196
Head and neck cancer 197, 198
Breast cancer 199202
Lung cancer 203206
Pancreatic cancer 207211
Endometrial cancer 212
Gastric cancer 213
Liver cancer 214216
Bladder cancer 216218
Colorectal cancer 219, 220
Prostate cancer 221224
Ovarian cancer 21, 225228

Neuro-degenerative disease Alzheimer’s disease 229233
Parkinson disease 234236

Acute organ injury Cardiovascular disease 237, 238
Liver injury 215, 216
Kidney injury 95, 239242
Preeclampsia 243245