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Biological Features of Extracellular Vesicles and Challenges

Overview
Journal Front Cell Dev Biol
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 2022 Jul 11
PMID 35813192
Authors
Ye Zeng
Yan Qiu
Wenli Jiang
Junyi Shen
Xinghong Yao
Xueling He
Liang Li
Bingmei Fu
Xiaoheng Liu
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Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are vesicles with a lipid bilayer membrane on the outside, which are widely found in various body fluids and contain biological macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, lipids and proteins on the inside. EVs were once thought to be vesicles for the removal of waste materials, but are now known to be involved in a variety of pathophysiological processes in many diseases. This study examines the advantage of EVs and the challenges associated with their application. A more rational use of the advantageous properties of EVs such as composition specificity, specific targeting, circulatory stability, active penetration of biological barriers, high efficient drug delivery vehicles and anticancer vaccines, oxidative phosphorylation activity and enzymatic activity, and the resolution of shortcomings such as isolation and purification methods, storage conditions and pharmacokinetics and biodistribution patterns during drug delivery will facilitate the clinical application of EVs.

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