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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Potential Use of Extracellular Vesicles Generated by Microbubble-Assisted Ultrasound as Drug Nanocarriers for Cancer Treatment.

Yuana Yuana, Banuja Balachandran, Kim M G van der Wurff-Jacobs, Raymond M Schiffelers, Chrit T Moonen

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Extracellular Vesicles: Biology and Potentials in Cancer Therapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuana YuanaImaging Division, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Banuja BalachandranImaging Division, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Kim M G van der Wurff-JacobsDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Raymond M SchiffelersLaboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chrit T MoonenImaging Division, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

Focused Ultrasound Foundation High risk track grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs)-carrying biomolecules derived from parental cells have achieved substantial scientific interest for their potential use as drug nanocarriers. Ultrasound (US) in combination with microbubbles (MB) have been shown to trigger the release of EVs from cancer cells. In the current study, the use of microbubbles-assisted ultrasound (USMB) to generate EVs containing drug cargo was investigated. The model drug, CellTracker™ green fluorescent dye (CTG) or bovine serum albumin conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (BSA FITC) was loaded into primary human endothelial cells in vitro using USMB. We found that USMB loaded CTG and BSA FITC into human endothelial cells (HUVECs) and triggered the release of EVs containing these compounds in the cell supernatant within 2 h after treatment. The amount of EV released seemed to be correlated with the increase of US acoustic pressure. Co-culturing these EVs resulted in uptake by the recipient tumour cells within 4 h. In conclusion, USMB was able to load the model drugs into endothelial cells and simultaneously trigger the release of EVs-carrying model drugs, highlighting the potential of EVs as drug nanocarriers for future drug delivery in cancer.

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Drug CarriersMicrobubblesNanoparticlesUltrasonic WavesAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersDrug Delivery SystemsExtracellular VesiclesHumansLysosomesNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkersDrug Carriersdrug deliveryextracellular vesicleslysosomenanocarriersultrasound

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PMID32344752
PMCPMC7216118
OpenAlexW3020057517

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