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ArticleACS biomaterials science & engineering2025

Enhancing Gene Delivery to Breast Cancer with Highly Efficient siRNA Loading and pH-Responsive Small Extracellular Vesicles.

Gaeun Kim, Runyao Zhu, Sihan Yu, Bowen Fan, Hyunsu Jeon, Jennifer Leon, Matthew J Webber, Yichun Wang

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Article in ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Extracellular Vesicle-Based Drug Delivery Systems in Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gaeun KimDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-1502-1847
Runyao ZhuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.
Sihan YuDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.
Bowen FanDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.
Hyunsu JeonDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8546-301X
Jennifer LeonDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.
Matthew J WebberDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3111-6228
Yichun WangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4353-6660

Funding

A Convergent Bioengineered Platform for Multifunctional Therapeutic ExosomesR35GM150608 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI Yichun Wang · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
A Scalable Continuous Production Platform for Large-Scale Manufacturing of Therapeutic ExosomesR21CA277663 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI WANG, YICHUN · 2023 to 2023
$402k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA277663NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are promising nanocarriers for drug delivery to treat a wide range of diseases due to their natural origin and innate homing properties. However, suboptimal therapeutic effects, attributed to ineffective targeting, limited lysosomal escape, and insufficient delivery, remain challenges in effectively delivering therapeutic cargo. Despite advances in sEV-based drug delivery systems, conventional approaches need improvement to address low drug-loading efficiency and to develop surface functionalization techniques for precise targeting of cells of interest, all while preserving the membrane integrity of sEVs. We report an enhanced gene delivery system using multifunctional sEVs for highly efficient siRNA loading and delivery. The integration of chiral graphene quantum dots enhanced the loading capacity while preserving the structural integrity of the sEVs. Additionally, lysosomal escape is facilitated by functionalizing sEVs with pH-responsive peptides, fully harnessing the inherent homing effect of sEVs for targeted and precise delivery. These sEVs achieved a 1.74-fold increase in cytosolic cargo delivery compared to unmodified sEVs, resulting in substantial gene silencing of around 73%. Our approach has significant potential to advance sEV-based gene delivery in order to accelerate clinical progress.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesGene Transfer TechniquesRNA, Small InterferingCell Line, TumorFemaleGene SilencingGraphiteHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationQuantum DotsGraphiteRNA, Small InterferingGALAgene deliverygraphene quantum dotslipid nanoparticleslysosomal escape

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PMID39713992
PMCPMC12067483

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