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Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles as Emerging Theranostic Platforms in Cancer Research.

Giorgia Ailuno, Sara Baldassari, Francesco Lai, Tullio Florio, Gabriele Caviglioli

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Giorgia AilunoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Genova, 16147 Genova, Italy.
Sara BaldassariDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Genova, 16147 Genova, Italy.
Francesco LaiDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Tullio FlorioDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2394-996X
Gabriele CaviglioliDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Genova, 16147 Genova, Italy.
University of Genoa · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Cagliari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are endosome-derived nanovesicles produced by healthy as well as diseased cells. Their proteic, lipidic and nucleic acid composition is related to the cell of origin, and by vehiculating bioactive molecules they are involved in cell-to-cell signaling, both in healthy and pathologic conditions. Being nano-sized, non-toxic, biocompatible, scarcely immunogenic, and possessing targeting ability and organotropism, exosomes have been proposed as nanocarriers for their potential application in diagnosis and therapy. Among the different techniques exploited for exosome isolation, the sequential ultracentrifugation/ultrafiltration method seems to be the gold standard; alternatively, commercially available kits for exosome selective precipitation from cell culture media are frequently employed. To load a drug or a detectable agent into exosomes, endogenous or exogenous loading approaches have been developed, while surface engineering procedures, such as click chemistry, hydrophobic insertion and exosome display technology, allow for obtaining actively targeted exosomes. This review reports on diagnostic or theranostic platforms based on exosomes or exosome-mimetic vesicles, highlighting the diverse preparation, loading and surface modification methods applied, and the results achieved so far.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesExosomesExtracellular VesiclesHumansNeoplasmsSignal TransductionUltracentrifugationdiagnosisexosomesextracellular vesiclestheranostic

Identifiers

PMID33271820
PMCPMC7761021
OpenAlexW3108091856

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