Issue 24, 2020

Engineering extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy: recent advances and challenges in clinical translation

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are receiving increasing attention in recent years in the field of cancer treatment. EVs contain specific contents closely related to their donor cells, such as miRNAs, proteins and dsDNAs. As endogenous vesicles, EVs naturally have the characteristics of low toxicity and low immunogenicity and can stably pass through the circulatory system to reach the recipient cells, which make them good carriers to deliver therapeutic agents such as nucleic acid sequences and chemotherapeutics. In many preclinical studies and clinical trials, EVs have demonstrated their unlimited advantages in the field of cancer therapy. However, there are still some challenges that restrict their clinical application, such as yield, heterogeneity, safety, and specificity. In this review, we will focus on the latest breakthrough of EVs in the field of cancer treatment and discuss the challenges in the clinical translation of EVs.

Graphical abstract: Engineering extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy: recent advances and challenges in clinical translation

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
17 avq 2020
Accepted
10 okt 2020
First published
13 okt 2020

Biomater. Sci., 2020,8, 6978-6991

Engineering extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy: recent advances and challenges in clinical translation

S. Li, J. Xu, J. Qian and X. Gao, Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8, 6978 DOI: 10.1039/D0BM01385D

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