Abstract
As one of the most lethal and untreatable types of cancer so far, pancreatic cancer is not benefitting from advancements in research. Despite all the efforts, this malignancy is still very difficult to diagnose in time, resistant to treatments, and prone to relapses. The appearance of metastasis-notoriously difficult to fight and a signal of unfortunate prognosis-is the event most dreaded by every cancer patient, especially by those with pancreatic cancer. Strategies for early detection and treatment of metastases are limited, and new action plans are desperately awaited. Recently, the importance of cell-secreted vesicles, or exosomes, in cell-cell communication and, particularly, their key role in promoting pathological conditions, such as infectious diseases and cancer, have attracted the attention of the scientific community. The discovery of some exosome membrane components, such as adhesion receptors and integrins, and their ability to influence cancer cell functions and metastasis progression, has added some important understanding of the metastatic process and will hopefully open the door to the development of new tools for identifying and targeting metastases. The aim of this review is to discuss the role played by integrins in exosomal-mediated pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis.
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