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 …

AAV vectors: The Rubik's cube of human gene therapy

A Pupo, A Fernández, SH Low, A François… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Defective genes account for∼ 80% of the total of more than 7,000 diseases known to date.
Gene therapy brings the promise of a one-time treatment option that will fix the errors in …

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 …

RNA delivery by extracellular vesicles in mammalian cells and its applications

K O'Brien, K Breyne, S Ughetto, LC Laurent… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
The term 'extracellular vesicles' refers to a heterogeneous population of vesicular bodies of
cellular origin that derive either from the endosomal compartment (exosomes) or as a result …

Advances in therapeutic applications of extracellular vesicles

OPB Wiklander, MÁ Brennan, J Lötvall… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometer-sized, lipid membrane–enclosed vesicles
secreted by most, if not all, cells and contain lipids, proteins, and various nucleic acid …

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 …

Exosome-mediated delivery of gene vectors for gene therapy

L Duan, L Xu, X Xu, Z Qin, X Zhou, Y Xiao, Y Liang… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gene vectors are nucleic acids that carry genetic materials or gene editing devices into cells
to exert the sustained production of therapeutic proteins or to correct erroneous genes of the …

Exosomes—beyond stem cells for restorative therapy in stroke and neurological injury

ZG Zhang, B Buller, M Chopp - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and brain injuries devastate patients and
their families, but currently no drugs on the market promote neurological recovery. Limited …

[HTML][HTML] AAV vectors applied to the treatment of CNS disorders: Clinical status and challenges

L Kang, S Jin, J Wang, Z Lv, C Xin, C Tan… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, adeno-associated virus (AAV) has become the most important vector for
central nervous system (CNS) gene therapy. AAV has already shown promising results in …

Deafness: from genetic architecture to gene therapy

C Petit, C Bonnet, S Safieddine - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Progress in deciphering the genetic architecture of human sensorineural hearing
impairment (SNHI) or loss, and multidisciplinary studies of mouse models, have led to the …