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. 2026 Sep 2;18(9):1108. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics18091108
AF4 asymmetric-flow field-flow fractionation
AFM atomic force microscopy
AKT protein kinase B
ALKBH5 AlkB homolog 5
AMMS Academy of Military Medical Sciences
AOM/DSS azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium
CaP calcium phosphate
CD cluster of differentiation (CD9, CD24, CD44, CD47, CD63, and CD81)
CDK1 cyclin-dependent kinase 1
circRNA circular RNA
cRGD cyclic arginine–glycine–aspartic acid
cryo-EM cryogenic electron microscopy
cryo-ET cryogenic electron tomography
CYP3A4 cytochrome P450 3A4
DLS dynamic light scattering
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOPE 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
DOTAP 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane
DPPC 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
DR5 death receptor 5
DSPE-PEG2000 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine–polyethylene glycol 2000
EE encapsulation efficiency
ESCRT endosomal sorting complex required for transport
EV extracellular vesicle
FRET Förster resonance energy transfer
GMP good manufacturing practice
HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
IGF2BP2 insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2
IgG immunoglobulin G
IL-12 interleukin-12
IL-6 interleukin-6
ISEV International Society for Extracellular Vesicles
JMJD8 Jumonji domain-containing protein 8
LNP lipid nanoparticle
M1 classically activated macrophage phenotype
m6A N6-methyladenosine
MHC I major histocompatibility complex class I
miRNA microRNA
MISEV Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles
mRNA messenger RNA
mTOR mechanistic target of rapamycin
NRF2 nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NTA nanoparticle tracking analysis
OMV outer-membrane vesicle
PD-L1 programmed death-ligand 1
PDI polydispersity index
PDX patient-derived xenograft
PEG polyethylene glycol
PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKM2 pyruvate kinase M2
PMM pulmonary metastatic melanoma
RNA ribonucleic acid
RNase ribonuclease
ROS reactive oxygen species
scFv single-chain variable fragment
SEC size-exclusion chromatography
siRNA small interfering RNA
TEM transmission electron microscopy
TFF tangential-flow filtration
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha
TP triptolide