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Testicular germ cell tumour cells release microRNA-containing extracellular vesicles that induce phenotypic and

Luz Alonso-Crisostomo1, Jennifer Trendell1, Marta Ferraresso1

  • 1Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

International Journal of Cancer
|August 26, 2023
PubMed

Keywords:
extracellular vesiclesgerm cell tumourmicroRNAtesticulartumour microenvironment

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