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ReviewJournal of nanobiotechnology2025

Opportunities and challenges of bacterial extracellular vesicles in regenerative medicine.

Jiming Guo, Zhijie Huang, Qinjing Wang, Min Wang, Yue Ming, Weixing Chen, Yisheng Huang, Zhengming Tang, Mingshu Huang, Hongyu Liu and 1 more

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Review in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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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

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Optimizing genetic engineering approaches for protein loading into bacterial extracellular vesicles for vaginal drug delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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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

11 authors.

Jiming Guo *Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhijie Huang *Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Qinjing WangStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Min WangStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yue MingStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Weixing ChenStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yisheng HuangStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhengming TangStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Mingshu HuangStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Hongyu LiuStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Bo JiaStomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. dentist-jia@163.com.

Funding

Clinical New Technology Project of Southern Medical University Stomatological Hospital NTP202304Guangdong Science and Technology Program 2019A1515010408Key Project of Guangdong Province General Higher Education in Key Areas 2023ZDZX2009Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou City 201802020018Science research cultivation program of stomatological hospitalSouthern medical university PY2022015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-bound vesicles that are shed or secreted from the cell membrane and enveloped by a lipid bilayer. They possess stability, low immunogenicity, and non-cytotoxicity, exhibiting extensive prospects in regenerative medicine (RM). However, natural EVs pose challenges, such as insufficient targeting capabilities, potential biosafety concerns, and limited acquisition pathways. Although engineered EVs demonstrate excellent therapeutic efficacy, challenges such as low production yield and the complexity of engineering modifications constrain their further clinical applications. Bacteria have advantages such as rapid proliferation, diverse gene editing methods, mature cultivation techniques, and relatively easy preparation of bacterial EVs (BEVs), which can be used to effectively address the challenges currently encountered in the field of EVs. This review provides a description of the biogenesis and pathophysiological functions of BEVs, and strategies for optimizing BEVs preparation to attain efficiency and safety are discussed. An analysis of natural characteristics of BEVs is also conducted to explore how to leverage their advantages or mitigate their limitations, thereby overcoming constraints on the application of BEVs in RM. In summary, engineered BEVs possess characteristics such as high production yield, excellent stability, and high drug-delivering capabilities, laying the foundation for their application in RM.

Indexed as

BacteriaExtracellular VesiclesRegenerative MedicineAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansBacterial extracellular vesiclesDrug deliveryEngineering strategyOuter membrane vesiclesRegenerative medicine

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PMID39754127
PMCPMC11697683

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