Exploiting the biogenesis of extracellular vesicles for bioengineering and therapeutic cargo loading
Karolinska Institutet · University of Oxford
Abstract
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are gaining increasing attention for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in various diseases. These natural nanoparticles benefit from favorable safety profiles and unique biodistribution capabilities, rendering them attractive drug-delivery modalities over synthetic analogs. However, the widespread use of EVs is limited by technological shortcomings and biological knowledge gaps that fail to unravel their heterogeneity. An in-depth understanding of their biogenesis is crucial to unlocking their full therapeutic potential. Here, we explore how knowledge about EV biogenesis can be exploited for EV bioengineering to load therapeutic protein or nucleic acid cargos into or onto…
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4Topics & keywords
- Microvesicles
- Extracellular vesicles
- Biogenesis
- Extracellular vesicle
- Therapeutic modalities
- Drug delivery
- Biology
- Nanotechnology