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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2016

Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins via Extracellular Vesicles: Review and Potential Treatments for Parkinson's Disease, Glioma, and Schwannoma.

Justin Hall, Shilpa Prabhakar, Leonora Balaj, Charles P Lai, Richard A Cerione, Xandra O Breakefield

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Gene replacement therapy in a schwannoma mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 2.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Justin HallDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Shilpa PrabhakarDepartment of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Leonora BalajDepartment of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Charles P LaiDepartment of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Richard A CerioneDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Xandra O BreakefieldDepartment of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. breakefield@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USCornell University · USHarvard NeuroDiscovery Center · US

Funding

Overall (pp. 40-62)P41GM103485 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CERIONE, RICHARD A. · 2012 to 2018
$15.5M
Transfer of microRNA regulators from glioblastoma to brain microenvironment U19CA179563 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, CHAREST, ALAIN · 2013 to 2017
$8.6M
NCI NIH HHS U19 CA179563NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles present an attractive delivery vehicle for therapeutic proteins. They intrinsically contain many proteins which can provide information to other cells. Advantages include reduced immune reactivity, especially if derived from the same host, stability in biologic fluids, and ability to target uptake. Those from mesenchymal stem cells appear to be intrinsically therapeutic, while those from cancer cells promote tumor progression. Therapeutic proteins can be loaded into vesicles by overexpression in the donor cell, with oligomerization and membrane sequences increasing their loading. Examples of protein delivery for therapeutic benefit in pre-clinical models include delivery of: catalase for Parkinson's disease to reduce oxidative stress and thus help neurons to survive; prodrug activating enzymes which can convert a prodrug which crosses the blood-brain barrier into a toxic chemotherapeutic drug for schwannomas and gliomas; and the apoptosis-inducing enzyme, caspase-1 under a Schwann cell specific promoter for schwannoma. This therapeutic delivery strategy is novel and being explored for a number of diseases.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesGliomaHumansNeurilemmomaParkinson DiseaseRecombinant ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsExosomesExtracellular vesiclesGliomaParkinson’s diseaseSchwannomaTherapeutic protein delivery

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PMID27017608
PMCPMC4860146
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