A review on the use of extracellular vesicles for the delivery of drugs and biological therapeutics

INTRODUCTION: Exosomes, a type of extracellular vesicles, are effective tools for delivering small-molecule drugs and biological therapeutics into cells and tissues. Surface modifications with targeting ligands ensure precise delivery to specific cells, minimizing accumulation in healthy organs and reducing the side effects. This is a rapidly growing area in drug delivery research and this review aims to comprehensively discuss the recent advances in the field.

AREA COVERED: Recent studies have presented compelling evidence supporting the application of exosomes as efficient delivery vehicles that escape endosome trapping, achieving effective in vivo delivery in animal models. This review provides a systemic discussion on the exosome-based delivery technology, with topics covering exosome purification, surface modification, and targeted delivery of various cargos ranging from siRNAs, miRNAs, and proteins, to small molecule drugs.

EXPERT OPINION: Exosome-based gene and drug delivery has low toxicity and low immunogenicity. Surface modifications of the exosomes can effectively avoid endosome trapping and increase delivery efficiency. This exciting technology can be applied to improve the treatments for a wide variety of diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on drug delivery - 21(2024), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 45-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Amina, Sundus Jabeen [VerfasserIn]
Azam, Tasmia [VerfasserIn]
Dagher, Fatima [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Drug delivery
Exosomes
Journal Article
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Pharmaceutics
Review
SiRNA and protein delivery
Targeted delivery

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Date Completed 02.02.2024

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17425247.2024.2305115

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367174812