Table 1.

Function of exosome mediated microRNA (miR) in cancer

Type of cancer	Exosome miR	Functions	References
Breast cancer	miR-100, miR-222, miR-125a-3p	Pathogenesis, diagnosis, chemo-resistance	[35,125,126]
Leukemia	miR-146, miR-138, miR-203, miR-30a, 135-b, 196-b, 181-c	Autophagy, chemo-resistance	[3,127,128]
Prostate and endometrial carcinoma	miR-204, miR-551b, 96, 183, 182, 153, 625, miR-141, 193b, 200c, 193a-3p, 205, 708, 365, 34a	Tumor development and progression, diagnosis	[56,129]
Ovarian cancer	miR-21, miR-24 miR-141, miR-200a, miR-200b, miR 200c, miR-203, miR -205, and miR-214	Diagnostic marker	[54,130]
Pancreatic cancer	miR-203	IL-12, TNF-α suppression	[98]
Lung cancer, leukemia, head and neck cancer	miR-17-3p, 21, 106a, 146, 155, 191, 192, 203, 205, 210, 12, 214, 451	Diagnostic marker, chemo-resistance	[131-134]
Esophageal cancer	miR-21, miR221	Tumor progression, chemo-resistance	[135,136]
Lung cancer	miR-21	Chemo-resistance	[137]
Glioblastoma multiform	miR-9	Temozolomide resistance	[46]
Cervical cancer	miR-25	Cisplatin resistance	[134]
Gastric cancer	miR-20, miR-19b-3p, miR-106a-5p	Cisplatin resistance	[138]
Liver cancer	miR-9-3p	Diagnosis biomarker	[65]
Ovarian cancer	mir-21, miR-100	Cell signaling	[139,140]
Lung cancer	miR940, miR-23a	Tumorigenesis, intercellular communication	[141,142]