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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2019 Nov 30;177:114–125. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.11.012

Table 2.

Summary of Biomedical Applications of EVs

Types Source Target Diseases Ref.
Natural EVs Monocyte/macrophage Neuron Parkinson’s disease [92]
Monocyte/macrophage Cancer cell Tumor [54, 89]
HEK293 -HetIL-15 Cancer cell Tumor [41]
MSCs Endothelium Lung inflammation and injuries [106]
HEK293 -CD3-anti-EGFR Cancer and T cells Tumor [13]
Biomimetic EV
Neutrophil Endothelium Inflammation, sepsis, arthritis, ischemia/reperfusion [16, 91, 107, 108]
Neutrophil Cancer cell Tumor, Metastasis [109]
Monocyte/macrophage Endothelium Inflammation, sepsis [57, 78]
Monocyte/macrophage Endotoxins, cytokines Inflammation, sepsis [56]
T cell HIV Infection [110]
Red blood cell Cancer cell Tumor [94]
Red blood cell Bacteria infection [79]
Platelet Cancer cell, bacteria Infection, tumor [93]
Platelet Macrophage Immune thrombocytopenia [111]
Platelet, Neuro cells Cancer cell Cancer [72]
Epithelial cell Bacteria infection [112]
HEK293 -PD-1 Cancer cell Tumor [8]
Artificial EVs None Endothelium inflammation [60]