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ArticleBiomaterials2017

High yield, scalable and remotely drug-loaded neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) for anti-inflammation therapy.

Jin Gao, Sihan Wang, Zhenjia Wang

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Article in Biomaterials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Extracellular vesicles in viral disease management.Current research in microbial sciences · 2026
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  11. Beyond Killing: The Overlooked Contribution of Neutrophils to Tissue Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. Target neutrophil heterogeneity and plasticity in cancer.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025
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  19. [Recent advances on the role of exosomes in neurodegenerative diseases].Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jin GaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.
Sihan WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.
Zhenjia WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA. Electronic address: zhenjia.wang@wsu.edu.

Funding

Neutrophil-mediated Drug DeliveryR01GM116823 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, ZHENJIA · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Caveolar Transport of Therapeutic NanoparticlesK25HL111157 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, ZHENJIA · 2012 to 2016
$621k
NHLBI NIH HHS K25 HL111157NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale membrane-formed compartments naturally secreted from cells, which are intercellular mediators regulating physiology and pathogenesis, therefore they could be a novel therapeutic carrier for targeted delivery. However, the translation of EVs is hindered by the heterogeneous composition, low yield, inefficient drug loading and unlikely scalability. Here we report a strategy to generate EVs using nitrogen cavitation (NC-EVs) that instantly disrupts neutrophils to form nanosized membrane vesicles. NC-EVs are similar to naturally secreted EVs (NS-EVs), but contain less subcellular organelles and nuclear acids. The production of NC-EVs was increased by 16 folds and is easy to scale up for clinical use compared to NS-EVs. To examine the usefulness of NC-EVs as a drug delivery platform, piceatannol (an anti-inflammation drug) was remotely loaded in NC-EVs via the pH gradient. We found that piceatannol-loaded NC-EVs dramatically alleviated acute lung inflammation/injury and sepsis induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Our studies reveal that nitrogen cavitation is a novel approach to efficiently generate EVs from any cell type and could be exploited for personalized nanomedicine.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell-Derived MicroparticlesCells, CulturedExtracellular VesiclesHL-60 CellsHumansInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMiceNeutrophilsSepsisStilbenes3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxystilbeneLipopolysaccharidesStilbenesDrug deliveryExtracellular vesiclesInflammation disordersSepsis

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PMID28494264
PMCPMC5516786

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