Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29780982›Full record

ReviewLab on a chip2018

Microfluidic engineering of exosomes: editing cellular messages for precision therapeutics.

Qingfu Zhu, Mikala Heon, Zheng Zhao, Mei He

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Review in Lab on a chip, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
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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

65 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Current trends in exosomes as therapeutic drug delivery systems.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Qingfu ZhuDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. meih@ku.edu.
Mikala Heon
Zheng Zhao
Mei He

Funding

Mentoring CoreP20GM103418 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SUSAN J. BROWN · 2012 to 2026
$63.0M
Understanding the mechanobiology of stem cells in a microengineered 3D cardiac tissue environment with cardiomyopathyP20GM103638 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI HOLMSTROM, ERIK D · 2012 to 2021
$22.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103418NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Study of extracellular vesicles (EVs), particularly exosomes, holds significant promise; however, it is technically challenging to define these small and molecularly diverse nanovesicles. With intrinsic molecular payload and biodegradability, molecular engineering of exosomes opens new avenues for mediating cellular responses and developing novel nano-delivery systems in precision therapeutics. Microfluidic lab-on-chip technology is playing pivotal roles in this emerging field. In this review, we have examined scientific advancements of microfluidic technology for engineering exosomes and assessed future applications and perspectives in developing precision therapeutics; this can serve the community via identification of potential new research areas or technologies that are urgently needed in precision therapeutics.

Indexed as

BioengineeringExosomesLab-On-A-Chip DevicesAnimalsBiotechnologyCell LineHumansMiceMicrofluidic Analytical Techniques

Identifiers

PMID29780982
PMCPMC5997967

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