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ArticleScientific reports2017

Bioinspired Cell-Derived Nanovesicles versus Exosomes as Drug Delivery Systems: a Cost-Effective Alternative.

Wei Jiang Goh, Shui Zou, Wei Yi Ong, Federico Torta, Alvarez Fernandez Alexandra, Raymond M Schiffelers, Gert Storm, Jiong-Wei Wang, Bertrand Czarny, Giorgia Pastorin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Wei Jiang GohNUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS), Singapore, Singapore.
Shui ZouDepartment of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Wei Yi OngDepartment of Anatomy Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore.
Federico TortaSingapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS), Singapore, Singapore.
Alvarez Fernandez AlexandraSchool of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Raymond M SchiffelersClinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Gert StormDepartment of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jiong-Wei WangDepartment of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-7986-6082
Bertrand CzarnyDepartment of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. bczarny@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0002-9586-0913
Giorgia PastorinNUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS), Singapore, Singapore. phapg@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell Derived Nanovesicles (CDNs) have been developed from the rapidly expanding field of exosomes, representing a class of bioinspired Drug Delivery Systems (DDS). However, translation to clinical applications is limited by the low yield and multi-step approach in isolating naturally secreted exosomes. Here, we show the first demonstration of a simple and rapid production method of CDNs using spin cups via a cell shearing approach, which offers clear advantages in terms of yield and cost-effectiveness over both traditional exosomes isolation, and also existing CDNs fabrication techniques. The CDNs obtained were of a higher protein yield and showed similarities in terms of physical characterization, protein and lipid analysis to both exosomes and CDNs previously reported in the literature. In addition, we investigated the mechanisms of cellular uptake of CDNs in vitro and their biodistribution in an in vivo mouse tumour model. Colocalization of the CDNs at the tumour site in a cancer mouse model was demonstrated, highlighting the potential for CDNs as anti-cancer strategy. Taken together, the results suggest that CDNs could provide a cost-effective alternative to exosomes as an ideal drug nanocarrier.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell-Derived MicroparticlesCells, CulturedCost-Benefit AnalysisEndocytosisExosomesHeLa CellsHumansMiceNanoparticlesNeoplasms, ExperimentalU937 CellsAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID29085024
PMCPMC5662560

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