Challenges and directions in studying cell–cell communication by extracellular vesicles

G van Niel, DRF Carter, A Clayton… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as important mediators of
intercellular communication. They have important roles in numerous physiological and …

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles for immunomodulation and regeneration: a next generation therapeutic tool?

M Kou, L Huang, J Yang, Z Chiang, S Chen, J Liu… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be widely isolated from various tissues including bone
marrow, umbilical cord, and adipose tissue, with the potential for self-renewal and …

Reversing insufficient photothermal therapy-induced tumor relapse and metastasis by regulating cancer-associated fibroblasts

X Li, T Yong, Z Wei, N Bie, X Zhang, G Zhan, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Insufficient tumor accumulation and distribution of photosensitizers as well as low antitumor
immunity severely restrict the therapeutic efficacy of photothermal therapy (PTT). Cancer …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Exosome engineering: Current progress in cargo loading and targeted delivery

S Fu, Y Wang, X Xia, JC Zheng - NanoImpact, 2020 - Elsevier
Exosomes, a class of small bilayer vesicles derived from virtually all eukaryotic cells, have
been exploited as a promising natural delivery platform due to their low toxicity, excellent …

Boosting anti-PD-1 therapy with metformin-loaded macrophage-derived microparticles

Z Wei, X Zhang, T Yong, N Bie, G Zhan, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The main challenges for programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) checkpoint
blockade lie in a lack of sufficient T cell infiltration, tumor immunosuppressive …

Extracellular vesicles: A bright star of nanomedicine

P Wu, B Zhang, DKW Ocansey, W Xu, H Qian - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have unique structural, compositional, and morphological
characteristics as well as predominant physiochemical stability and biocompatibility …

Recent progress in targeted delivery vectors based on biomimetic nanoparticles

L Chen, W Hong, W Ren, T Xu, Z Qian… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past decades, great interest has been given to biomimetic nanoparticles (BNPs)
since the rise of targeted drug delivery systems and biomimetic nanotechnology. Biological …

Multidrug resistance in cancer: understanding molecular mechanisms, immunoprevention and therapeutic approaches

TB Emran, A Shahriar, AR Mahmud, T Rahman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Several treatments are available for
cancer treatment, but many treatment methods are ineffective against multidrug-resistant …