| Literature DB >> 26482189 |
Naoomi Tominaga1, Yusuke Yoshioka2, Takahiro Ochiya3.
Abstract
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometer-sized membranous vesicles and are involved in cell-to-cell communication. EVs contain several types of functional molecules, such as proteins, mRNAs, and microRNAs (miRNAs). Over the past several years, EVs have emerged as potential tools for a drug delivery system (DDS) that can target organs or cells. EVs have a function of organ tropism and are naturally occurring from cells. Therefore, EVs have expected as naturally DDSs, which have the organ tropism and a low side effect. Actually, some reports showed that EVs delivered drugs to specific organ. However, despite observed the organ tropism, the mechanisms of organ tropism of EVs are still unclear. Moreover, preservation and efficient collection of EVs are desired to be investigated. Here, we provide an overview of the methods for using EVs as DDSs.Entities:
Keywords: Biodistribution; Cancer; Cell–cell communication; Drug delivery system; Exosome; Extracellular vesicles; microRNA
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26482189 DOI： 10.1016/j.addr.2015.10.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Drug Deliv Rev ISSN： 0169-409X Impact factor: 15.470