Exosomes from cancer-associated fibroblasts may suppress malignant melanoma (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Exosomes from cancer-associated fibroblasts may suppress malignant melanoma

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Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have found that exosomes, a type of small vesicle, produced by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play an important role in the progression skin cancer and assessing them could be a useful prognostic factor of malignant melanoma.

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Naho Fujii, Osaka Metropolitan University

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