Extracellular vesicles as a drug delivery system: A systematic review of preclinical studies

Pol Escudé Martinez de Castilla, Lingjun Tong, Chenyuan Huang, Alexandros Marios Sofias, Giorgia Pastorin, Xiaoyuan Chen, Gert Storm, Raymond M Schiffelers, Jiong-Wei Wang

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Abstract

During the past decades, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as an attractive drug delivery system. Here, we assess their pre-clinical applications, in the form of a systematic review. For each study published in the past decade, disease models, animal species, EV donor cell types, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), EV surface modifications, API loading methods, EV size and charge, estimation of EV purity, presence of biodistribution studies and administration routes were quantitatively analyzed in a defined and reproducible way. We have interpreted the trends we observe over the past decade, to define the niches where to apply EVs for drug delivery in the future and to provide a basis for regulatory guidelines.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113801
Pages (from-to)1-39
JournalAdvanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Volume175
Early online date18 May 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2021

Keywords

  • Clinical trial
  • Drug delivery
  • Extracellular vesicles
  • Liposomes
  • Preclinical animal models
  • Systematic review

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