Therapeutically harnessing extracellular vesicles

L Cheng, AF Hill - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The field of extracellular vesicle (EV) research has developed rapidly over the last decade
from the study of fundamental biology to a subject of significant clinical relevance. The …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in exosome-mediated nucleic acid delivery for cancer therapy

Y Zhang, Q Liu, X Zhang, H Huang, S Tang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer is a leading public health problem worldwide. Its treatment remains a daunting
challenge, although significant progress has been made in existing treatments in recent …

Lipids and lipid derivatives for RNA delivery

Y Zhang, C Sun, C Wang, KE Jankovic… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapeutics have shown great promise in treating a broad spectrum of
diseases through various mechanisms including knockdown of pathological genes …

Engineered extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy

X Zhang, H Zhang, J Gu, J Zhang, H Shi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as a novel cell‐free strategy for the treatment of
many diseases including cancer. As a result of their natural properties to mediate cell‐to‐cell …

Large-scale generation of functional mRNA-encapsulating exosomes via cellular nanoporation

Z Yang, J Shi, J Xie, Y Wang, J Sun, T Liu… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
Exosomes are attractive as nucleic-acid carriers because of their favourable
pharmacokinetic and immunological properties and their ability to penetrate physiological …

The current state and future directions of RNAi-based therapeutics

RL Setten, JJ Rossi, S Han - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
The RNA interference (RNAi) pathway regulates mRNA stability and translation in nearly all
human cells. Small double-stranded RNA molecules can efficiently trigger RNAi silencing of …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-penetrating peptides in diagnosis and treatment of human diseases: from preclinical research to clinical application

J Xie, Y Bi, H Zhang, S Dong, L Teng, RJ Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are short peptides (fewer than 30 amino acids) that have
been predominantly used in basic and preclinical research during the last 30 years. Since …

Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies

Y Ju, H Liao, JJ Richardson, J Guo… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced treatments based on immune system manipulation, gene transcription and
regulation, specific organ and cell targeting, and/or photon energy conversion have …

[HTML][HTML] Programming assembly of biomimetic exosomes: an emerging theranostic nanomedicine platform

X Xu, L Xu, C Wen, J Xia, Y Zhang, Y Liang - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Exosomes have emerged as a promising cell-free therapeutic approach. However,
challenges in large-scale production, quality control, and heterogeneity must be overcome …

[HTML][HTML] Functional exosome-mediated co-delivery of doxorubicin and hydrophobically modified microRNA 159 for triple-negative breast cancer therapy

C Gong, J Tian, Z Wang, Y Gao, X Wu, X Ding… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Exosomes (Exo) hold great promise as endogenous nanocarriers that can deliver biological
information between cells. However, Exo are limited in terms of their abilities to target …