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ArticleRSC pharmaceutics2026

Ultrasound-triggered release of an active Wnt signalling agent (6-bromoindirubin-3-oxime) from perfluorocarbon nanodroplets.

Anastasia Polydorou, Qiang Wu, Aya Ben Issa, Jonathan P May, Sara Ferri, Dario Carugo, Eleanor Stride, Nicholas D Evans

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Article in RSC pharmaceutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Anastasia PolydorouCentre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bone and Joint Research group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Southampton UK n.d.evans@soton.ac.uk.
Qiang WuInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford Oxford UK eleanor.stride@eng.ox.ac.uk.
Aya Ben IssaCentre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bone and Joint Research group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Southampton UK n.d.evans@soton.ac.uk.
Jonathan P MayCentre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bone and Joint Research group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Southampton UK n.d.evans@soton.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-130X
Sara FerriCentre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bone and Joint Research group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Southampton UK n.d.evans@soton.ac.uk.
Dario CarugoNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-179X
Eleanor StrideInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford Oxford UK eleanor.stride@eng.ox.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-5929
Nicholas D EvansCentre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Bone and Joint Research group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton Southampton UK n.d.evans@soton.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound-activated perfluorocarbon nanodroplets (NDs) have potential as circulating agents for non-invasive, targeted drug delivery. NDs can be induced to cavitate under focussed ultrasound stimulation, releasing a therapeutic payload. They have been explored widely as a means of drug delivery in oncology but there is less information available on their use in regenerative medicine. Here, we tested the hypothesis that NDs could be fabricated to incorporate an agonist of Wnt signalling, a pathway common to many regenerative tissue-specific processes, and to release it in active form upon ultrasound stimulation. NDs were formed by ultrasonic emulsification of perfluorobutane in the presence of 6-bromoindirubin-3-oxime (BIO) and phospholipids: DSPC and DSPE-PEG2000. The nanodroplet formulation (∼200 nm diameter and 5 × 10

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PMID42699741
PMCPMC13544251

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