Stomatology ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 465-469.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2025.06.013

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Research progress of tumor-derived exosomes in oral squamous cell carcinoma

ZHOU Xing’an1, DELEHEI Bateer1, WU Xu2, MA Hongyu3, XIA Fengjun1, SHEN Tiebing1, SHANG Duo1()   

  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010050, China
  • Received:2024-09-13 Online:2025-06-28 Published:2025-07-08

Abstract:

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is a common malignant tumor of the head and neck. Early surgery can achieve good results, but most patients have cervical lymph node metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis. Although surgery combined with radiotherapy or chemotherapy can delay the progression of the disease, the overall prognosis is still not ideal. Especially in patients at stage Ⅲ / Ⅳ, the long-term survival rate has not improved. As a key microbubble in intercellular communication, exosomes contain a large number of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, proteins and lipids. Tumor-derived exosomes play a key role in regulating the tumor microenvironment. This article reviews the effects of tumor-derived exosomes on tumor proliferation, metastasis, immune regulation, diagnosis and treatment in oral squamous cell carcinoma, in order to provide new ideas for early diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer.

Key words: tumor-derived exosomes, oral squamous cell carcinoma, interaction, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis

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