Exosomes─ nature's lipid nanoparticles, a rising star in drug delivery and diagnostics

R Tenchov, JM Sasso, X Wang, WS Liaw, CA Chen… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Exosomes are a subgroup of nanosized extracellular vesicles enclosed by a lipid bilayer
membrane and secreted by most eukaryotic cells. They represent a route of intercellular …

Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

M Yáñez-Mó, PRM Siljander, Z Andreu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the past decade, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as potent vehicles of
intercellular communication, both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This is due to their capacity …

Extracellular vesicles: biology and emerging therapeutic opportunities

S El Andaloussi, I Mäger, XO Breakefield… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2013 - nature.com
Within the past decade, extracellular vesicles have emerged as important mediators of
intercellular communication, being involved in the transmission of biological signals …

Exosome-based immunotherapy: a promising approach for cancer treatment

Z Xu, S Zeng, Z Gong, Y Yan - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
In the era of the rapid development of cancer immunotherapy, there is a high level of interest
in the application of cell-released small vesicles that stimulate the immune system. As cell …

Exosomes in cancer: small particle, big player

X Zhang, X Yuan, H Shi, L Wu, H Qian, W Xu - Journal of hematology & …, 2015 - Springer
Exosomes have emerged as a novel mode of intercellular communication. Exosomes can
shuttle bioactive molecules including proteins, DNA, mRNA, as well as non-coding RNAs …

In vivo imaging reveals extracellular vesicle-mediated phenocopying of metastatic behavior

A Zomer, C Maynard, FJ Verweij, A Kamermans… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Most cancer cells release heterogeneous populations of extracellular vesicles (EVs)
containing proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. In vitro experiments showed that EV uptake …

Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles in host–pathogen interactions

JS Schorey, Y Cheng, PP Singh, VL Smith - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
An effective immune response requires the engagement of host receptors by pathogen‐
derived molecules and the stimulation of an appropriate cellular response. Therefore, a …

Exosomes and their roles in immune regulation and cancer

DW Greening, SK Gopal, R Xu, RJ Simpson… - Seminars in cell & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Exosomes, a subset of extracellular vesicles (EVs), function as a mode of intercellular
communication and molecular transfer. Exosomes facilitate the direct extracellular transfer of …

The role of exosomal PD-L1 in tumor progression and immunotherapy

F **e, M Xu, J Lu, L Mao, S Wang - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), a type I transmembrane protein, binds to its receptor
PD-1 to suppress the activation of T cells, thereby maintaining immunological homeostasis …

Exosomes: new molecular targets of diseases

S Samanta, S Rajasingh, N Drosos, Z Zhou… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2018 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) comprise apoptotic bodies, microvesicles and exosomes, and
they perform as key regulators in cell-to-cell communication in normal as well as diseased …