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Table 3 EV cargos used as diagnostic biomarkers in cancers

From: Basics and applications of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles

EV cargo

Type of cargo

Type of body fluid

Cancer type

Reference

CD63 and caveolin-1

Protein

Plasma

Melanoma

[113]

Integrin

Protein

Plasma

Breast cancer

[39]

miR-21

miRNA

Serum

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

[114]

miR-373

miRNA

Serum

Breast cancer

[115]

miRNA signatures

miRNA

Serum

Ovarian cancer

[116]

Prostate cancer antigen 3 and TMPRSS2:ERG

RNA

Urine

Prostate cancer

[117]

Salivary transcriptomic biomarkers

RNA

Saliva

Pancreatic cancer

[118]

Specific phosphoproteins

Protein

Plasma

Breast cancer

[107]

Specific protein profile

Protein

Ascites

Colorectal cancer

[119]

Survivin

Protein

Plasma

Prostate cancer

[120]