Cited by 546Extracellular vesicles in diseaseNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMesenchymal stem cell research

Exosomes for drug delivery—A novel application for the mesenchymal stem cell

Lai, Ruenn Chai, Yeo, Ronne Wee Yeh, Tan, Kok Hian, Lim, Sai Kiang·2013·Biotechnology Advances

Abstract

Exosomes are the most extensively characterized class of secreted membrane vesicles that carry proteins and RNAs for intercellular communication. They are increasingly seen as possible alternatives to liposomes as drug delivery vehicles. Like liposomes, they could deliver their cargo across the plasma membrane and provide a barrier against premature transformation and elimination. In addition, these naturally-occurring secreted membrane vesicles are less toxic and better tolerated in the body as evidenced by their ubiquitous presence in biological fluids, and have an intrinsic homing ability. They are also amenable to in vivo and in vitro loading of therapeutic agents, and membrane modifications to enhance tissue-specific homing. Here we propose human mesenchymal stem cells as the ideal cell source of exosomes for drug delivery. Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for various disease indications has been extensively tested and shown to be safe in numerous clinical trials. These cells are also prolific producers of immunologically inert exosomes. Immortalization of these cells does not compromise the quantity or quality of exosome production, thus enabling infinite and reproducible exosome production from a single cell clone.

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  • Exosomes can be detected in almost any body fluids, indicating their transport cargo could go through membrane and be protected from degradations.

    “Exosomes could be detected in almost any body fluids (blood, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, etc.), indicating their transport cargo could go through membrane and be protected from degradations [30].”

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Authors
Lai, R. C., Yeo, R. W. Y., Tan, K. H., & Lim, S. K.
Affiliations
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
  • KK Women's and Children's Hospital (SG)
Corresponding author
Lim, Sai Kiang
Venue
Biotechnology Advances
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-09
Volume
31
Issue
5
Pages
543-551
ISSN
0734-9750 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2010746084
Cited by
546
References
136
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 16
FWCI
1.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biotechnology Advances (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
Keywords
exosomes, drug delivery, mesenchymal stem cells, membrane vesicles, stem cell transplantation, exosome production, intercellular communication, immunogenicity
MeSH terms
Animals, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Drug Delivery Systems, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Exosomes, Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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