ArticlePharmaceutics2023
Clinically Expired Platelet Concentrates as a Source of Extracellular Vesicles for Targeted Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery.
Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The research landscape and evolutionary trends of platelet-derived extracellular vesicles: a bibliometric and LDA analysis (2015-2026).Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Expired apheresis platelet-derived exosomes promote cutaneous wound healing.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Extracellular Vesicles as a Potential Tool in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Engineering platelets as cancer therapeutics.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026Review
- The emerging roles of platelet-derived extracellular vesicles in disease.Annals of medicine · 2025Review
- Enhanced Quinolone Resistance and Differential Expression of Efflux PumpAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tailoring cell-inspired biomaterials to fuel cancer therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Prospect of extracellular vesicles in tumor immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Cell-free mitochondrial DNA as a pro-inflammatory agent in blood circulation: mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and clinical challenges in immune dysregulation.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Platelet-derived extracellular vesicles induced through different activation pathways drive melanoma progression by functional and transcriptional changes.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
- Expanding applications of allogeneic platelets, platelet lysates, and platelet extracellular vesicles in cell therapy, regenerative medicine, and targeted drug delivery.Journal of biomedical science · 2023Review
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Abstract
The short shelf life of platelet concentrates (PC) of up to 5-7 days leads to higher wastage due to expiry. To address this massive financial burden on the healthcare system, alternative applications for expired PC have emerged in recent years. Engineered nanocarriers functionalized with platelet membranes have shown excellent targeting abilities for tumor cells owing to their platelet membrane proteins. Nevertheless, synthetic drug delivery strategies have significant drawbacks that platelet-derived extracellular vesicles (pEV) can overcome. We investigated, for the first time, the use of pEV as a carrier of the anti-breast cancer drug paclitaxel, considering it as an appealing alternative to improve the therapeutic potential of expired PC. The pEV released during PC storage showed a typical EV size distribution profile (100-300 nm) with a cup-shaped morphology. Paclitaxel-loaded pEV showed significant anti-cancer effects in vitro, as demonstrated by their anti-migratory (>30%), anti-angiogenic (>30%), and anti-invasive (>70%) properties in distinct cells found in the breast tumor microenvironment. We provide evidence for a novel application for expired PC by suggesting that the field of tumor treatment research may be broadened by the use of natural carriers.
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