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 …

Aptamer-based detection of circulating targets for precision medicine

L Wu, Y Wang, X Xu, Y Liu, B Lin, M Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed ongoing progress in precision medicine to improve human
health. As an emerging diagnostic technique, liquid biopsy can provide real-time …

The tumor microenvironment: a milieu hindering and obstructing antitumor immune responses

A Labani-Motlagh, M Ashja-Mahdavi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the knowledge of the tumor
microenvironment and the immune evasion mechanisms in which the tumor, stroma, and …

Shedding light on extracellular vesicle biogenesis and bioengineering

F Teng, M Fussenegger - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are biocompatible, nano‐sized secreted vesicles containing
many types of biomolecules, including proteins, RNAs, DNAs, lipids, and metabolites. Their …

Prevalence and disease burden of chronic kidney disease

JC Lv, LX Zhang - Renal fibrosis: mechanisms and therapies, 2019 - Springer
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized as a leading public health problem
worldwide. The global estimated prevalence of CKD is 13.4%(11.7–15.1%), and patients …

Exosome-mediated metastasis: communication from a distance

I Wortzel, S Dror, CM Kenific, D Lyden - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Metastasis, a critical phase of tumor progression, remains a primary challenge in treating
cancer and a major cause of cancer mortality. Cell-cell communication via extracellular …

The role of lipids in exosome biology and intercellular communication: Function, analytics and applications

J Donoso‐Quezada, S Ayala‐Mar, J González‐Valdez - Traffic, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that in recent years have received special attention for
their regulatory functions in numerous biological processes. Recent evidence suggests a …

New technologies for analysis of extracellular vesicles

H Shao, H Im, CM Castro, X Breakefield… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are diverse, nanoscale membrane vesicles actively released by
cells. Similar-sized vesicles can be further classified (eg, exosomes, microvesicles) based …

Extracellular vesicles as tools and targets in therapy for diseases

MA Kumar, SK Baba, HQ Sadida… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized, membranous structures secreted into the
extracellular space. They exhibit diverse sizes, contents, and surface markers and are …

[HTML][HTML] Biogenesis and function of extracellular vesicles in cancer

MP Bebelman, MJ Smit, DM Pegtel… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous multi-signal messengers that support cancer
growth and dissemination by mediating the tumor-stroma crosstalk. Exosomes are a subtype …