title: Exosomes and CAFs: partners in crime.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Paggetti et al present novel findings that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-derived exosomes and their molecular cargo are actively transferred to stromal cells that reside in the lymphoid tumor microenvironment (TME), promoting the reprogramming of these cells into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs).
authors: KING'S COLLEGE LONDON.
authors: Benedetta
authors: B
authors: Apollonio
authors: KING'S COLLEGE LONDON.
authors: Alan G
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-0420
authors: AG
authors: Ramsay
mesh_terms: D055354:Exosomes / Q000473:pathology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology*