Cancer's smart bombs: tumor-derived exosomes target lung epithelial cells triggering pre-metastatic niche formation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Viopolis, 415 00 Larissa, Greece.
² Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Viopolis, 415 00 Larissa, Greece.

Editorial

Dionysios Antonopoulos et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;9(4):969-972.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.129.

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Viopolis, 415 00 Larissa, Greece.
² Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Viopolis, 415 00 Larissa, Greece.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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