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Engineered EV-Mimetic Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

  • Amal A. Al-Dossary,
  • Essam A. Tawfik,
  • Adaugo C. Isichei,
  • Xin Sun and ,
  • Jiahe Li,
  • Abdullah A. Alshehri,
  • Munther Alomari,
  • Fahad A. Almughem,
  • Ahmad M. Aldossary and
  • Abdulaziz M. Almalik
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

20 June 2021

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most lethal gynecological malignancy among women. Several obstacles impede the early diagnosis and effective treatment options for ovarian cancer (OC) patients, which most importantly include the develo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies)
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  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,685 Views
13 Pages

Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are attracting interest as a new class of drug delivery vehicles due to their intrinsic nature of biomolecular transport in the body. We previously demonstrated that EV surface modification with tissue-specifi...

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46 Citations
8,813 Views
25 Pages

Small Extracellular Vesicles (sEVs) are typically 30–150 nm in diameter, produced inside cells, and released into the extracellular space. These vesicles carry RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids that reflect the characteristics of their parent cell...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exosome-Based Drug Delivery: Translation from Bench to Clinic)
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2 Citations
858 Views
25 Pages

3 July 2026

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed nanoparticles that mediate intercellular communication in the immune system by transferring proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. Their biocompatibility, nanoscale size, and capacity for cell-type-sel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Translating Extracellular Vesicle Science)
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98 Citations
10,663 Views
30 Pages

Engineered Extracellular Vesicles: Tailored-Made Nanomaterials for Medical Applications

  • Kenny Man,
  • Mathieu Y. Brunet,
  • Marie-Christine Jones and
  • Sophie C. Cox

15 September 2020

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as promising nanoscale therapeutics due to their intrinsic role as mediators of intercellular communication, regulating tissue development and homeostasis. The low immunogenicity and natural cell-targeting ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications)
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32 Citations
6,012 Views
28 Pages

15 September 2025

Breast cancer has now surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. Given the urgent need for more effective treatment, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained attention as versatile and promising drug de...

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42 Citations
6,554 Views
18 Pages

Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Therapeutics for Inflammatory Diseases

  • Hee Sook Hwang,
  • Hyosuk Kim,
  • Geonhee Han,
  • Jong Won Lee and ,
  • Kwangmeyung Kim,
  • Ick Chan Kwon,
  • Yoosoo Yang and
  • Sun Hwa Kim
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Extracellular vesicles (EV) deliver cargoes such as nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids between cells and serve as an intercellular communicator. As it is revealed that most of the functions associated to EVs are closely related to the immune respons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extracellular Vesicles in Inflammation)
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7 Citations
2,155 Views
23 Pages

Optimizing Extracellular Vesicles for Cardiac Repair Post-Myocardial Infarction: Approaches and Challenges

  • Yanling Huang,
  • Han Li,
  • Jinjie Xiong,
  • Xvehua Wang and ,
  • Jiaxi Lv,
  • Ni Xiong,
  • Qianyi Liu,
  • Lihui Yin,
  • Zhaohui Wang and
  • Yan Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

30 December 2025

Ischemic heart disease remains the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality worldwide. In myocardial infarction (MI), extracellular vesicles (EVs)—particularly small EVs (sEVs)—transport therapeutic cargo such as miR-21-5p, which suppres...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nano-Based Drug Delivery: Unveiling the Next Frontier)
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Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields for Extracellular Vesicle Engineering: From Electro-Exocytosis to Cargo Modulation

  • Art Neal,
  • Teresa Graham,
  • Mohamadmahdi Samandari,
  • Arash Ghorbannia and ,
  • Anca Dobrian,
  • Stephen J. Beebe and
  • Ruben M. L. Colunga-Biancatelli
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 August 2026

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) and medium/large extracellular vesicles (MVs), have emerged as promising therapeutic vectors and diagnostic biomarkers across various branches of biomedicine. However, the cl...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
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8 Citations
3,739 Views
19 Pages

Chromatographic Scalable Method to Isolate Engineered Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Liver Fibrosis in Mice

  • Luciana M. Domínguez,
  • Bárbara Bueloni,
  • Ma. José Cantero,
  • Milagros Albornoz and ,
  • Natalia Pacienza,
  • Celeste Biani,
  • Carlos Luzzani,
  • Santiago Miriuka,
  • Mariana García and
  • Guillermo Mazzolini
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

New therapeutic options for liver cirrhosis are needed. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as a promising tool for delivering therapeutic factors in regenerative medicine. Our aim is to establish a new thera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Immunobiology and Role in Immunomodulation and Tissue Regeneration 2.0)
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100 Citations
8,843 Views
27 Pages

Surface-Engineered Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Immunotherapy

  • Vinith Johnson,
  • Sunil Vasu,
  • Uday S. Kumar and
  • Manoj Kumar

19 May 2023

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer-enclosed bodies secreted by all cell types. EVs carry bioactive materials, such as proteins, lipids, metabolites, and nucleic acids, to communicate and elicit functional alterations and phenotypic change...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Biological Mechanism of Cancer Proliferation and Metastasis)
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33 Citations
10,699 Views
28 Pages

Multifunctional Milk-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles and Their Biomedical Applications

  • Youxiu Zhong,
  • Xudong Wang,
  • Xian Zhao,
  • Jiuheng Shen and ,
  • Xue Wu,
  • Peifen Gao,
  • Peng Yang,
  • Junge Chen and
  • Wenlin An
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

In recent years, small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) have been regarded as the next generation of novel delivery systems after lipid nanoparticles because of their advantages and huge prospects in drug delivery. Studies have shown that sEVs are abund...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Membrane Vesicles in Drug Delivery Systems)
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37 Citations
6,172 Views
15 Pages

25 November 2021

Osteoporosis is the chronic metabolic bone disease caused by the disturbance of bone remodeling due to the imbalance of osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis. A large population suffers from osteoporosis, and most of them are postmenopausal women or ol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel MSC Perspectives: From Cell Regulation to Tissue Regeneration 3.0)
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2 Citations
2,060 Views
29 Pages

Recent Advances on Extracellular Vesicles: A Natural Nanomaterial for Biomedical Application

  • Fan Li,
  • Siyu Liu,
  • Shuaiwei Xu,
  • Huimin Duan and ,
  • Yanchao Wang and
  • Jingan Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), naturally secreted by cells as nanoscale lipid bilayer structures, have become a research hotspot in biomedicine owing to their excellent biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and inherent ability to cross biological bar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Biogenic and Biomimetic Materials: From Bionanomedicine to Environmental Applications and Beyond: 2nd Edition)
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2 Citations
1,345 Views
19 Pages

Hacking Extracellular Vesicles: Using Vesicle-Related Tags to Engineer Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles

  • Gabriele Scattini,
  • Giulia Pianigiani,
  • Stefano Capomaccio,
  • Maria Rachele Ceccarini and ,
  • Samanta Mecocci,
  • Laura Musa,
  • Luca Avellini,
  • Olimpia Barbato,
  • Antonello Bufalari and
  • Luisa Pascucci
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

Background/Objectives: Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) have shown great promise as diagnostic and therapeutic tools, as well as pharmacological nanocarriers. Various strategies are being explored to develop EVs for monitoring, imaging, loading with phar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extracellular Vesicles for Targeted Delivery)
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12 Citations
10,762 Views
20 Pages

Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Electric, Hybrid, and Conventional Vehicles in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis

  • Md. Sarowar Khaled,
  • Abdalla M. Abdalla,
  • Pg Emeroylariffion Abas,
  • Juntakan Taweekun and ,
  • Md. Sumon Reza and
  • Abul K. Azad
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The automobile industry is shifting from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) extremely fast. Our calculation regarding the most popular private car brand in Bangladesh, Toyota, sho...

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52 Citations
5,942 Views
30 Pages

22 November 2022

Tumor cells actively incorporate molecules (e.g., proteins, lipids, RNA) into particles named extracellular vesicles (EVs). Several groups have demonstrated that EVs can be transferred to target (recipient) cells, making EVs an important means of int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Immune Microenvironment in Solid and Hematological Malignancies)
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30 Citations
5,795 Views
21 Pages

Extracellular Vesicles in the Tumour Microenvironment: Eclectic Supervisors

  • Claudia Cavallari,
  • Giovanni Camussi and
  • Maria Felice Brizzi

15 September 2020

The tumour microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in the regulation of cell survival and growth by providing inhibitory or stimulatory signals. Extracellular vesicles (EV) represent one of the most relevant cell-to-cell communication mechanism a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extracellular Vesicles and Tumour Microenvironment)
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19 Citations
4,848 Views
22 Pages

Enhancement of Osteoblast Function through Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

  • Mei-Ling Ho,
  • Chin-Jung Hsu,
  • Che-Wei Wu,
  • Ling-Hua Chang and ,
  • Jhen-Wei Chen,
  • Chung-Hwan Chen,
  • Kui-Chou Huang,
  • Je-Ken Chang,
  • Shun-Cheng Wu and
  • Pei-Lin Shao
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are a type of mesenchymal stem cell that is investigated in bone tissue engineering (BTE). Osteoblasts are the main cells responsible for bone formation in vivo and directing ADSCs to form osteoblasts through osteog...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regenerative Medicine for Bone and Cartilage and Pathophysiology of Degenerative Diseases)
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10 Citations
8,492 Views
37 Pages

A Study on Electric Vehicle Footprint in South Africa

  • Oluwafemi Emmanuel Oni and
  • Omowunmi Mary Longe

3 December 2024

There has been a progressive global increase in the usage of electric vehicles in this dispensation. This is mostly due to the need to decarbonise the transport sector and mitigate the concerns of climate change and depleting oil reserves of which So...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy, Electrical and Power Engineering: 3rd Edition)
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4 Citations
3,250 Views
24 Pages

Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Enhance Chondrocyte Function by Reducing Oxidative Stress in Chondrocytes

  • Che-Wei Wu,
  • Yao-Hui Huang,
  • Pei-Lin Shao,
  • Ling-Hua Chang and ,
  • Cheng-Chang Lu,
  • Chung-Hwan Chen,
  • Yin-Chih Fu,
  • Mei-Ling Ho,
  • Je-Ken Chang and
  • Shun-Cheng Wu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Articular cartilage (AC) has a very limited capacity for self-healing once damaged. Chondrocytes maintain AC homeostasis and are key cells in AC tissue engineering (ACTE). However, chondrocytes lose their function due to oxidative stress. Umbilical c...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
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107 Citations
7,688 Views
32 Pages

22 August 2020

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are natural carriers produced by many different cell types that have a plethora of functions and roles that are still under discovery. This review aims to be a compendium on the current advancement in terms of EV modifica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extracellular Vesicles and Tumour Microenvironment)
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5 Citations
3,050 Views
18 Pages

1 June 2025

This study investigates the annual carbon emission disparities between privately-owned electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) by developing a usage-phase life cycle assessment (LCA) model, with a focus on the synergis...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Processes)
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2 Citations
1,988 Views
26 Pages

20 March 2026

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading global cause of mortality, largely due to the limited regenerative capacity of adult human myocardium. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) offer a scalable platform for cardiac re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chronic Heart Failure: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapies Strategies)
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43 Citations
6,309 Views
20 Pages

Traffic and Energy Consumption Modelling of Electric Vehicles: Parameter Updating from Floating and Probe Vehicle Data

  • Antonello Ignazio Croce,
  • Giuseppe Musolino,
  • Corrado Rindone and
  • Antonino Vitetta

23 December 2021

This paper focuses on the estimation of energy consumption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) by means of models derived from traffic flow theory and vehicle locomotion laws. In particular, it proposes a bi-level procedure with the aim to calibrate (or updat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis and Synthesis of Coordinated Control Systems for Automated Road Vehicles)
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1 Citations
1,681 Views
42 Pages

Exploring the Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Cancers: Advances Through Artificial Intelligence

  • Eleni Myrto Trifylli,
  • Athanasios Angelakis,
  • Sotirios P. Fortis,
  • Anastasios G. Kriebardis and ,
  • Nikolaos Papadopoulos,
  • Evangelos Koustas,
  • Panagiotis Sarantis,
  • Michalis V. Karamouzis,
  • Spilios Manolakopoulos and
  • Melanie Deutsch
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

4 February 2026

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers constitute an umbrella term for a wide variety of malignancies that are located in the digestive tract (esophageal, gastric, small and large intestine, anus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas), with 25% of total cancers a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multifaceted Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer and Other Diseases)
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6 Citations
4,362 Views
13 Pages

Engineered EVs for Oxidative Stress Protection

  • Anna Maria Tolomeo,
  • Santina Quarta,
  • Alessandra Biasiolo,
  • Mariagrazia Ruvoletto and ,
  • Michela Pozzobon,
  • Giada De Lazzari,
  • Ricardo Malvicini,
  • Cristian Turato,
  • Giorgio Arrigoni and
  • Maurizio Muraca
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly studied as vectors for drug delivery because they can transfer a variety of molecules across biological barriers. SerpinB3 is a serine protease inhibitor that has shown a protective anti-apoptotic functio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extracellular Vesicles: Biology and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities)
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52 Citations
7,945 Views
27 Pages

Exosomes: From Potential Culprits to New Therapeutic Promise in the Setting of Cardiac Fibrosis

  • Roman Tikhomirov,
  • Benedict Reilly-O’Donnell,
  • Francesco Catapano,
  • Giuseppe Faggian and ,
  • Julia Gorelik,
  • Fabio Martelli and
  • Costanza Emanueli
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 March 2020

Fibrosis is a significant global health problem associated with many inflammatory and degenerative diseases affecting multiple organs, individually or simultaneously. Fibrosis develops when extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling becomes excessive or u...

(This article belongs to the Section Intracellular and Plasma Membranes)
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10 Citations
7,146 Views
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An Earth Observation Framework in Service of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

  • Boyi Li,
  • Adu Gong,
  • Longfei Liu,
  • Jing Li and ,
  • Jinglin Li,
  • Lingling Li,
  • Xiang Pan and
  • Zikun Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) proposed seven targets comprising 38 quantified indicators and various sub-indicators to monitor the progress of disaster risk and loss reduction efforts. However, challenges pe...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Earth Observation and Geosciences)
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8 Citations
1,667 Views
29 Pages

26 February 2026

Mitochondrial dysfunction lies at the core of numerous cardiac pathologies, yet restoring mitochondrial health remains a therapeutic frontier. In recent years, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as nature’s delivery nanocarriers, capable...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
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767 Views
27 Pages

The evolution of regenerative medicine has repositioned the extracellular matrix (ECM) from a passive structural scaffold to a dynamic signaling hub that dictates host immunity and tissue remodeling. A critical driver of this bioactivity is the matri...

(This article belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)
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2 Citations
4,255 Views
16 Pages

5 June 2025

Regarding the goals for achieving carbon neutrality by 2025, the transportation sector is one of the main causes of various environmental burdens, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resource depletion, so reducing the environmental impact of...

(This article belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
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26 Citations
5,596 Views
18 Pages

Extracellular Vesicles Tropism: A Comparative Study between Passive Innate Tropism and the Active Engineered Targeting Capability of Lymphocyte-Derived EVs

  • Tania Limongi,
  • Francesca Susa,
  • Bianca Dumontel,
  • Luisa Racca and ,
  • Michela Perrone Donnorso,
  • Doriana Debellis and
  • Valentina Cauda
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 November 2021

Cellular communications take place thanks to a well-connected network of chemical–physical signals, biomolecules, growth factors, and vesicular messengers that travel inside or between cells. A deep knowledge of the extracellular vesicle (EV) system...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Shedding New Light on the Cell Biology and Medicine of Extracellular Vesicles)
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10 Citations
2,860 Views
14 Pages

30 June 2022

The research presented in this paper aimed to change the existing gating system that would enable the engine body casting, from a new EV31A magnesium alloy, of the required quality. For this reason, the casting process simulations used the MAGMASoft...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metallic Foundry/Casting and Gating System Optimization)
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1 Citations
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27 Pages

Macrophage Extracellular Vesicles: Therapeutic Strategies for Corneal Fibrosis in Rare Diseases

  • Haiming Li,
  • Anne-Sophie Loewinger,
  • Danial Roshandel,
  • Yuan Fang and ,
  • Jingjing You,
  • Mark Daniell and
  • Gink N. Yang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 February 2026

Corneal scarring (fibrosis) is a blinding condition affecting millions of sufferers worldwide. It is not only in common ocular injuries but also in genetically inherited rare diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa (EB), keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ocular Surface and Corneal Diseases: From Cellular and Molecular Biology to Therapeutic Strategies)
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12 Citations
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12 Pages

26 September 2024

The integration of perovskite materials in solar cells has garnered significant attention due to their exceptional photovoltaic properties. However, achieving a bandgap energy below 1.2 eV remains challenging, particularly for applications requiring...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanostructured Materials for Electric Applications)
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15 Citations
7,419 Views
18 Pages

Pulmonary Delivery of Extracellular Vesicle-Encapsulated Dinaciclib as an Effective Lung Cancer Therapy

  • Qian Yuan,
  • Kui Su,
  • Shuyi Li,
  • Xinyi Long and ,
  • Lang Liu,
  • Minghui Yang,
  • Xin Yuan,
  • Jianwu Sun,
  • Junhua Hu and
  • Zhengqiang Yuan
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

21 July 2022

The clinical outcomes of lung cancer remain poor, mainly due to the chemoresistance and low bioavailability of systemically delivered drugs. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. The TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL...

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1 Citations
2,272 Views
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Infrastructure Barriers to the Electrification of Vehicle Fleets in Russian Cities

  • Alexander E. Plesovskikh,
  • Nelly S. Kolyan,
  • Roman V. Gordeev and
  • Anton I. Pyzhev

Switching to electric vehicles (EVs) could help reduce air pollution in cities. This is especially important for cities in Russia that have grown quickly because of industry, like those in Siberia, where environmental problems are particularly acute....

(This article belongs to the Section Marketing, Promotion and Socio Economics)
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41 Citations
5,543 Views
18 Pages

15 October 2023

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, membrane-bound vesicles used by cells to deliver biological cargo such as proteins, mRNA, and other biomolecules from one cell to another, thus inducing a specific response in the target cell and are a powerful...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles in Disease)
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10 Citations
3,870 Views
14 Pages

A Dual-Reporter Platform for Screening Tumor-Targeted Extracellular Vesicles

  • Masamitsu Kanada,
  • Lauren Linenfelser,
  • Elyssa Cox and
  • Assaf A. Gilad

Extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated transfer of biomolecules plays an essential role in intercellular communication and may improve targeted drug delivery. In the past decade, various approaches to EV surface modification for targeting specific cells...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanoparticle Delivery to Tumors: Challenges and Advances)
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660 Views
19 Pages

Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Incorporating Dexpanthenol-Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Accelerated Wound Closure and Mitigated Secondary Infection Risk

  • Hyeyoung Shin,
  • Juwon Youn,
  • Chang Kyu Lee,
  • Seungwoon Baik and ,
  • Tae-Keun Ahn and
  • Dong Keun Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background: Loss of epithelial integrity leaves the wound bed open to opportunistic bacterial colonization, and the risk of secondary infection persists for as long as the defect remains unclosed. Wound dressings must therefore provide an immediate e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of New Nanotechnological Systems Loaded with Drugs for Infectious Disease Application, 2nd Edition)
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104 Citations
10,305 Views
23 Pages

Engineering Extracellular Vesicles as Nanotherapeutics for Regenerative Medicine

  • Lalithasri Ramasubramanian,
  • Priyadarsini Kumar and
  • Aijun Wang

28 December 2019

Long thought of to be vesicles that primarily recycled waste biomolecules from cells, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have now emerged as a new class of nanotherapeutics for regenerative medicine. Recent studies have proven their potential as mediators...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Targets and Strategies in Regenerative Medicine)
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26 Citations
6,455 Views
18 Pages

Genetically Engineered Extracellular Vesicles Harboring Transmembrane Scaffolds Exhibit Differences in Their Size, Expression Levels of Specific Surface Markers and Cell-Uptake

  • Jiayi Zhang,
  • Annie Brown,
  • Brendan Johnson,
  • David Diebold and ,
  • Kyle Asano,
  • Gerard Marriott and
  • Biao Lu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Background: Human cell-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are versatile nanomaterials suitable for disease-targeted drug delivery and therapy. Native EVs, however, usually do not interact specifically with target cells or harbor therapeutic drugs,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Membrane Vesicles in Drug Delivery Systems)
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31 Citations
5,614 Views
28 Pages

As a novel cell-free strategy, mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) inherit the therapeutic potential of donor cells, and are widely used for the treatment of many diseases. Increasing studies have shown that MSC-EVs transfe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effective Therapies for Diabetes)
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1,147 Views
13 Pages

Towards an Original Anti-ASFV Vaccine: Cellular Immunity Induced by Extracellular Vesicles Engineered with ASFV Proteins

  • Francesco Manfredi,
  • Flavia Ferrantelli,
  • Chiara Chiozzini,
  • Micaela Donnini and ,
  • Patrizia Leone,
  • Katherina Pugliese,
  • Monica Cagiola,
  • Cecilia Righi,
  • Stefano Petrini and
  • Maurizio Federico
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Background/Objectives: African Swine Fever (ASF) represents one of the most serious threats to animal health and global food security. The causative agent of ASF is the African swine fever virus (ASFV), a DNA virus belonging to the Asfarviridae famil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Swine Vaccines and Vaccination)
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141 Views
36 Pages

30 October 2026

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) are considered promising biological carriers for biomolecule and drug delivery because of their inherent biological activities, biocompatibility, and capacity to carry a variety of therap...

(This article belongs to the Section Stem Cells)
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10 Citations
3,664 Views
20 Pages

28 July 2023

As the process of urbanization continues to accelerate, the demand for sustainable cities has become more critical than ever before. The incorporation of electric vehicles (EVs) is a key component in creating sustainable cities. However, the developm...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
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5 Citations
3,009 Views
14 Pages

Activation of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Human CTLs by Extracellular Vesicles Engineered with the N Viral Protein

  • Francesco Manfredi,
  • Chiara Chiozzini,
  • Flavia Ferrantelli,
  • Patrizia Leone and ,
  • Andrea Giovannelli,
  • Massimo Sanchez and
  • Maurizio Federico
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 June 2022

We propose an innovative anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune strategy based on extracellular vesicles (EVs) inducing an anti-SARS-CoV-2 N CD8+ T cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) immune response. We previously reported that the SARS-CoV-2 N protein can be uploaded at hi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vaccine Candidate against SARS-CoV-2)
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9,493 Views
31 Pages

Biomaterials and Extracellular Vesicle Delivery: Current Status, Applications and Challenges

  • Kasey S. Leung,
  • Sajjad Shirazi,
  • Lyndon F. Cooper and
  • Sriram Ravindran

13 September 2022

In this review, we will discuss the current status of extracellular vesicle (EV) delivery via biopolymeric scaffolds for therapeutic applications and the challenges associated with the development of these functionalized scaffolds. EVs are cell-deriv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles)
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24 Citations
4,819 Views
20 Pages

Extracellular Vesicles: A New Frontier for Cardiac Repair

  • Benshuai You,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Zixuan Zhou,
  • Yongmin Yan and ,
  • Leilei Zhang,
  • Jianhua Jin and
  • Hui Qian
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The ability of extracellular vesicles (EVs) to regulate a broad range of cellular processes has recently been used to treat diseases. Growing evidence indicates that EVs play a cardioprotective role in heart disease by activating beneficial signaling...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Membrane Vesicles in Drug Delivery Systems)

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