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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2021

Therapeutic targeting of STAT3 with small interference RNAs and antisense oligonucleotides embedded exosomes in liver fibrosis.

Min Tang, Yang Chen, Bingrui Li, Hikaru Sugimoto, Sujuan Yang, Changqing Yang, Valerie S LeBleu, Kathleen M McAndrews, Raghu Kalluri

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Min TangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Yang ChenDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Bingrui LiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Hikaru SugimotoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Sujuan YangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Changqing YangDivision of Gastroenterology and Institute of Digestive Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Valerie S LeBleuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Kathleen M McAndrewsDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Raghu KalluriDepartment of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USRice University · USTongji University · CN

Funding

Exosomes in Cancer TherapyR01CA213233 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KALLURI, RAGHU · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA213233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic fibrosis is a wound healing response that results in excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation in response to chronic hepatic injury. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important transcription factor associated with the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. Though a promising potential therapeutic target, there are no specific drug candidates for STAT3. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles generated by all cell types with a capacity to efficiently enter cells across different biological barriers. Here, we utilize exosomes as delivery conduit to specifically target STAT3 in liver fibrosis. Exosomes derived from clinical grade fibroblast-like mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were engineered to carry siRNA or antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) targeting STAT3 (iExo

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsCarbon TetrachlorideExosomesFemaleLiver CirrhosisMiceMice, Inbred BALB COligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorCarbon TetrachlorideOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Small InterferingStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription Factorengineered exosomesliver fibrosismesenchymal stromal cellsSTAT3

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PMID33855751
PMCPMC10851328
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