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. 2021 Oct 26;15(11):17080–17123. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03800

Table 3. Summary of In Vitro and In Vivo Models Used for Validating the Efficacy of CMC Mimics with/without Modification in Various Treatmentsa.

cell membrane source/modification template encapsulation in vitro models in vivo models mode of administration treatment ref
platelets PLGA nanoparticles vancomycin MRSA252, THP-1, HUVECs male CD-1 mice (25g), MRSA252 intravenous MRSA bacterial infection (93)
PLGA nanoparticles docetaxel male Sprague–Dawley rats (300–350 g), angioplasty-induced arterial denudation intravenous restenosis (93)
PLGA nanoparticles antiplatelets antibodies male CD-1 mice (6 week old, 20–24 g) intraperitoneal immune thrombocytopenia purpura (212)
PAMAM-PVL ultrasmall unimolecular nanoparticles endothelium-protective epigenetic inhibitor (JQ1), or Rapamycin Male Sprague–Dawley rats (∼400 g), carotid artery balloon angioplasty intravenous restenosis (122)
PLGA nanoparticles J774, HUVECs ApoE knockout mice intravenous Atherosclerosis (123)
PLGA nanoparticles doxorubicin, Indocyanine green MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, CAMA-1, HeLa female nude mice, MDA-MB-231 (footpad) intratumoral circulating tumor cells of breast cancer Lung metastasis of breast cancer (87)
female nude mice, MDA-MB-231 (back) intravenous
female nude mice, MDA-MB-231-luc (orthotropic) intravenous
PLGA nanoparticles verteporfin 4T1, NIH-3T3 BALB/c mice (3–5 week old), 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (121)
platelets/RGD melanin nanoparticles doxorubicin RAW264.7, HUVECs, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-231/ADR Female BALB/c nude mice (18–20 g), MDA-MB-231/ADR intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (408)
platelets/TRAIL acrylamide nanogels doxorubicin MDA-MB-231, RAW264.7 Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats (200 ± 20 g), MDA-MB-231 intravenous circulating tumor cells of breast cancer Lung metastasis of breast cancer (339)
platelets/TRAIL silica microparticles-APTES MDA-MB-231, PC3, THP-1 C57BL/6 mice (6–8 week old), MDA-MB-231,COLO 205, B16-F10, MC38 intravenous circulating tumor cells of breast cancer (213)
microrenathane microtubes coated human fibrinogen (thrombosis model)
platelets + WBCs immunomagnetic beads MCF-7, HCT116, HeLa circulating tumor cells of breast cancer (99)
platelets + RBC gold nanowire MRSA USA300, α-toxins S. aureus bacterial infection (196)
platelets + RBC PLGA nanoparticles MDA-MB-231, HFF-1 foreskin fibroblasts, THP-1 ApoE knockout mice intravenous atherosclerosis (97)
RBC PLGA nanoparticles vancomycin MRSA USA300, THP-1, α-toxins MRSA bacterial infection (114)
PLGA nanoparticles rapamycin RAW264.7 ApoE knockout mice (8 week old, 25–30 g) intravenous atherosclerosis (211)
olive oil nanodroplets organophosphates (paraoxon, diisopropyl fluorophosphate, dichlorvos) ICR mice (6 week old) intravenous, intraperitoneal organophosphate poisoning (77)
PLGA nanoparticles HUVECs, α-toxins, streptolysin-O, melittin female nu/nu nude mice (6 week-old), α-toxins subcutaneous pore forming toxins (115)
PLGA nanoparticles mesenchymal stem cell, growth factors THLE-2, HSC-T6, mouse lung cells, human primary M1 macrophages C57BL/6 mice (18–25 g) intravenous acute liver failure (86)
Human serum albumin nanoparticles Perfluorotributylamine, indocyanine green HeLa, CT-26, RAW264.7 male BALB/C mice (5–6 week), CT26 intravenous colon cancer (269)
Fe3O4 nanoclusters MCF-7, RAW264.7 female nude mice (4 week old), MCF-7 intravenous Breast cancer (265)
E. coli primary macrophages female BALB/C mice (6–8 week old), CT26 and 4T1 intravenous colon cancer, breast cancer (59)
  PLNPs (Zn1.25Ga1.5Ge0.25O4:Cr3+,Yb3+,Er3+) coated with SiO2 Balb/3T3, HeLa, MCF-7, 4T1, RAW264.7 BALB/c mice, 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (68)
  gelatin nanoparticles vancomycin RAW 264.7, S. aureus, E. coli, S. epidermidis, P. vulgaris, S. marcescens, P. aeruginosa Gram positive bacterial infection (64)
  gold nanorods Capan-2 male Balb/c nude mice (6–8 week old), Capan-2 intravenous pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (261)
  PLGA nanoparticles HUVEC, mouse RBCs Male CD-1 mice (8 week old) intravenous MRSA bacterial infection (278)
  PLGA nanoparticles anti-RBC polyclonal IgG CD-1 mice, anti-RBCs intravenous autoimmune anemia (409)
  PLGA nanoparticles Fe3O4 nanoparticles influenza virus, Mardin Darby canine kidney cells influenza virus (74)
  carbon nanotube-based field effect transistor MRSA USA300, Pore forming toxins (melittin, streptolysin O, Hlα) MRSA bacterial infection (75)
RBC/cRGD peptide docetaxel nanocrystal HUVECs, U87 male nude mice (20–22 g), U87, antisubcutaneous tumor- and antiorthotropic glioma intravenous glioblastoma (333)
  BBTB model (HUVEC/U87 coculture)
RBC/T7, NGR peptide solid lipid nanoparticles HUVECs, bEnd.3, C6 Tg (fli1:egfp) strain of zebrafish, ICR mice (22–24 g), C6 intracranial glioblastoma (335)
  BBB model(upper: bEnd.3)
  BBTB model (upper: HUVECs, lower: C6)
RBC/anti-EGFR-iRGD paclitaxel MKN45 male BALB/c nude mice weighing 18–20 g (5–6 week old), MKN45 intravenous gastric cancer (332)
RBC/iRGD polycaprolactone nanoparticles paclitaxel 4T1, RAW264.7 Balb/c mice (18–20 g), orthotopic 4T1 Intravenous Lung metastasis of breast cancer (309)
RBC/folate receptor UCNPs (β-NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+) MCF-7 BALB/c nude mice, MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (277)
RBC/ DCDX peptide PLGA nanoparticles doxorubicin primary brain capillary endothelial cells nude mice, U87 intravenous glioblastoma (234)
BBB model (Wistar rat primary brain capillary endothelial cells)
RBC/stroke homing peptide (SHp) boronic acid conjugated dextran nanoparticles NR2B9C PC-12, BBB model (rat brain capillary endothelial cell line) male Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats (5–6 week, 200 ± 20 g) intravenous ischemic stroke (410)
RBC+ MCF-7 Melanin nanoparticles - MCF-7, 4T1, MCF-10A, RAW264.7 female athymic Balb/c nude mice (20–22 g), MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (198)
NK-92 poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-block-PLGA nanoparticles 4,4′,4″,4‴-(porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl) tetrakis (benzoic acid) (TCPP) 4T1, MCF-7, MCF10A female BALB/c mice (6 week old, 18–22 g) intravenous breast cancer (150)
liposomes doxorubicin MCF-7, NHost female nu/nu nude mice (6 week old), MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (102)
neutrophils PLGA nanoparticles carfilzomib HUVECs, 4T1, 4T1 (GFP+ or luc+) female Balb/c nude mice (20 ± 2 g), GFP+4T1, luc+4T1 intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (55)
PLGA nanoparticles HUVECs, primary human chondrocytes human TNF-α male transgenic mice (5 week old) DBA/1J mice in collagen-induced arthritis (6 week old, 18–22 g) intra-articular inflammatory arthritis (66)
natural macrophage cells gold nanoshells 4T1 male Balb/c nude mice, 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (139)
silica nanocapsules doxorubicin RAW 264.7, NIH/3T3, 4T1 male BALB/c nude mice, 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (69)
RAW 264.7 liposomes emtansine RAW 264.7, 4T1, 4T1-luc female BALB/c nude mice (18–22 g), 4T1-luc intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (129)
Fe3O4 nanoparticles RAW 264.7, MCF-7 Female BALB/c nude mice (6–8 week old), MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (131)
UCNPs (β-NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ rare earth) RAW 264.7, MCF-7 female BALB/c nude mice (6–8 week old), MCF-7 male ICR mice (6–8 week old) intravenous breast cancer (132)
bismuth selenide nanoparticles quercetin RAW 264.7, 4T1, HUVECs BALB/c mice, 4T1 intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (88)
transwell cell invasion (upper: 4T1)
wound healing (4T1)
dual-chamber transwell (5 μm, 0.4-μm sized microporous membranes)
J774 PLGA nanoparticles J774, HEK-blue mTLR4, HUVECs male BALB/c mice (6 week old), LPS (endotoxemia model) intravenous sepsis (130)
U937 PLGA nanoparticles MCF-7 breast cancer (298)
human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte PLGA nanoparticles paclitaxel MKN-45, differentiated THP-1 male Balb/c nude athymic mice (4–6 week old), MKN-45 intravenous gastric cancer (98)
CD4+ T cells PLGA nanoparticles HIV stains (X4 and R5) HIV (159)
dendritic Cells PLGA nanoparticles IL-2 primary CD8+ T, T cells, NIH-3T3, 293T, ID8 C57BL/6 mice (6–8 week old), ID8 subcutaneous ovarian cancer (106)
bone marrow-derived dendritic cells +4T1 PCN-224 MOFs 4T1, CT26, 3T3 Balb/c mice, 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (168)
Human adiposed- derived stem cells PLGA nanoparticles J774, THP-1 female C57BL/6 mice (10 week old, 22–24 g) intravenous hindlimb ischemia (227)
  transwell: HUVECs
adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells Fe3O4 nanoparticles TRAMP-C1, RAW246.7 prostate cancer (95)
cardiac stem cell PLGA microparticles cardiac stem cells growth factors cardiomyocytes male SCID Beige mice intramyocardial myocardial infarction (187)
bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell membrane gelatin nanogels doxorubicin HeLa, L02 female BALB/c nude mice (∼4 week old), HeLa intravenous cervical cancer (186)
UCPNs (β-NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ rare earth) HeLa, L02 female BALB/c nude mice (∼4 week old), HeLa intravenous cervical cancer (185)
neural stem cell/CXCR4 PLGA nanoparticles male C57BL/6 mice (≈20 g) intravenous ischemic stroke (188)
B16-OVA/mannose PLGA nanoparticles imiquimod, R837 (toll-like receptor 7 (TLR-7) agonist bone marrow-derived dendritic cells female BALB/c mice (6–8 week old), B16-OVA Intradermal melanoma (343)
U87/CXCR4 PLGA nanoparticles U87, U87-CXCR4, MDA-MB-231, BT-474, HMFs female athymic Balb/c (nu/nu) mice, Female immunocompetent Balb/c mice(6–8 week old) intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (224)
transwell model: HMFs
LNCaP-AI CaCO3 capped mesoporous silica nanoparticles doxorubicin LNCaP-AI, QSG-7701, MCF-7 BALB/c nude mice (6 week old), LNCaP-AI intravenous prostate cancer (225)
HeLa Fe3O4 nanoparticles doxorubicin HeLa, UM-SCC-7, COS7, RAW 264.7 female BALB/c nude mice (4–5 week old), UM-SCC-7 intravenous cervical cancer (173)
PLGA nanoparticles paclitaxel, small interfering RNA (siRNA-E7) HeLa, Ect1, LO2, RAW264.7 female BALB/c nude mice (4–5 week old, 18–22 g), HeLa intravenous cervical cancer (235)
GdTPP and ZnTPP nanocomposites HeLa nude mice, HeLa intravenous cervical cancer (219)
ZIF-8 MOFs catalase, Al(III) phthalocyanine chloride tetrasulfonic acid 4T1, HeLa, SCC-7, COS7, RAW264.7 BALB/c-nu mice (4–5 week old), HeLa intravenous cervical cancer (342)
143B silica nanoparticles indocyanine green 143B female Balb/c nude mice (6–8 week old), 143B intravenous bone cancer (174)
MCF-7 PLGA nanoparticles indocyanine green MCF-7, 293T, MCF-10A, HepG2, A549, MDA-MB-231 female BALB/c mice (4–6 week old), MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (65)
mesoporous silica nanoparticles supported with PEGylated liposomes SK-hep-1, Caco-2, HeLa, Bxpc-3, Huh-7, MCF-7 BALB/c nude mice (20g), MCF-7 intravenous breast cancer (175)
  3D- spheroids of MCF-7
MDA-MB-435, B16-F10 PLGA nanoparticles bone marrow-derived DCs, MDA-MB-435, B16-F10, HFFs female C56BL/6 mice (6 week old), MDA-MB-435 Female C56BL/6 mice (6 week old), B16-F10 intradermal melanoma (92)
4T1 poly(caprolactone) nanoparticles paclitaxel RAW264.7, WML2, 4T1, MDA-MB-435, A549, BEL-7402 female BALB/c nude mice, 4T1, 4T1-luc, female BALB/c mice (4–5 week old, 18–22 g), 4T1 intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (220)
gold nanocages doxorubicin 4T1 BALB/c nude mice (18–22 g) orthotopic, 4T1 intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (221)
PLNPs 4T1 female BALB/c nude mice (4 week old, 18–22 g), 4T1 intravenous lung metastasis of breast cancer (72)
carbon sphere dotted with cerium oxide nanoparticles COS7, 293T, 4T1 female BALB/c mice (6 week old), 4T1 intravenous breast cancer (297)
SGC7901 silica nanoparticles chlorins e6 SGC7901 female BALB/c nude mice (6–8 week old), SGC7901 intravenous gastric cancer (174)
U-251 MG Fe3O4 nanoparticles U-251 MG, SH-SY5Y, C8-D1A, bEnd.3 glioblastoma (273)
  U-251 MG 3D spheroids    
  BBB model (upper chamber: bEnd.3; lower chamber: U-251 MG)    
HNSCC gelatin nanoparticles cisplatin patient-derived tumor cell BALB/c nude mice (male, 6–8 week old), patient derived tumor cells intravenous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (105)
K562 Fe3O4 nanoparticles doxorubicin, indocyanine green MG-63, A549, SW380, A375, HepG2, MCF-7, MGC-803, L02, RAW 264.7 BALB/c nude mice, MG-63 intravenous osteosarcoma (103)
MDA-MB-435, DU145, CAL27, HCT116 UCNPs (β-NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+) RAW264.7, MDA-MB-435, DU145, CAL27, HCT116 female BALB/c nude mice (6–8 week old), MDA-MB-435 intravenous breast cancer (223)
B16.OVA, B16.F10, LL/2, CMT64.OVA, MB49, A549, SKOV-3 adenovirus serotype 5 particles A549, SKOV-3 female C57BL/6 mice (4–6 week old) B16.OVA, B16.F10, LL/2, intratumoral melanoma lung cancer (214)
H22 gold nanocages doxorubicin RAW 264.7, H22 Sprague–Dawley (SD) male rats (6–8 week old) male BALB/c mice (6 week old, 20–22 g), H22 intratumoral; intravenous liver cancer (226)
AF semiconducting polymer (poly(cyclopentadithiophenealt-benzothiadiazole) nanoparticles AF, fibroblasts, chondrocytes, 4T1, HeLa, SKOV3 female NCr nude mice (4–6 week old), 4T1 intravenous breast cancer-associated fibroblasts (104)
MIN6 polycaprolactone nanofibers MIN6 β-cell proliferation and function (96)
E. coli DH5α + B16-F10 polydopamine nanoparticles B16-F10, NHDF, MCF-7, A549 female C57BL/6 mice (6–8 week old), B16-F10 intravenous melanoma (200)
E. coli K12/ Rhizobium etli tyrosinase melanin 4T1 female athymic Fox-N-1 nude mice (6 week old), 4T1; female C57BL/6 mice (6 week old) intravenous, intratumoral breast cancer (194)
E. coli Gold nanoparticles Male CD-1 mice (6 week old), E. coli subcutaneous E. coli bacterial infection (94)
S. aureus PLGA nanoparticles Vancomycin or Rifampicin Ana-1, NIH-3T3 Balb/c mice ((5–6 week old), S. aureus intravenous S. aureus bacterial infection (192)
CRKP BSA nanoparticles RAW 264.7, DC2.4 female C57BL/6 mice (6–8 week old) subcutaneous CRKP bacterial infection (193)
C6/36 gelatin nanoparticles Vero, HeLa, HEK 293T type I interferon (IFN-α/β) receptor deficient (A129) mice intravenous Zika viral infection (228)
293T/ACE2 + THP-1 Vero-E6, Caco-2 ICR mice (20 to 25 g, 4- 6 week old) intratracheal SARS-CoV-2 infection (397)
NL-20, THP-1 PLGA nanoparticles Vero E6 C57BL/6NHsd mice intratracheal SARS-CoV-2 infection (400)
mitochondria (mouse liver) PLGA nanoparticles, carbon nanotube-based field-effect transistors (FET) ABT-263, HL-60 female C57BL/6 mice (6 week old) oral gavage ABT-263-induced thrombocytopenia (91)
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Abbreviations/cell lines: APTES, 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane; PAMAM-PVL, poly(amidoamine)-polyvalerolactone; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; SHp, stroke homing peptide; BSA, bovine serum albumin; UCNPs, upconversion nanoparticles; PLNPs, persistent luminescent nanoparticles; MOFs, metal–organic frameworks; ZIF-8, zeolitic imidazolate framework; PCN, porous coordination network; MSCs, mesenchymal stem cells; HMFs, human mammary fibroblasts; HFFs, human foreskin fibroblasts; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; AF, activated fibroblast; DCs, dendritic cells; CXCR4, C–X–C chemokine receptor type 4; MRSA252, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; THP-1, human acute monocytic leukemia cell line; HUVECs, human umbilical vein endothelial cell line; RAW 264.7, murine macrophage cell line; J774, murine macrophage cell line; MCF-7, human breast cancer cell line; 4T1, human breast cancer cell line; 4T1-Luc, 4T1 cells expressing luciferase; HeLa, human cervical cancer cell line; MDA-MB-231, breast cancer cell line; MDA-MB-231/ADR, DOX-resistant breast cancer cell line; 3T3, murine normal fibroblast cell line; CT26, murine colon cancer cell line; NIH-3T3, fibroblast cell line; ID8, murine ovarian surface epithelial cell line; MKN-45, human gastric cancer cell line; CAMA-1, human breast cancer cell line; CAL 27, human squamous carcinoma cell line; RD, human rhabdomyoma cell line; MKN45, gastric cell line; Capan-2, human pancreatic cancer cell line; C6, glioma cell line; 143B, human osteosarcoma cell line; SCC-7, murine squamous cell carcinoma cell line; Ect1, endocervical cell line; L02, normal hepatic cell line; LNCaP-AI, prostate cancer cell line; QSG-7701, human normal liver cell line; UM-SCC-7, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line; HCT116, human colorectal cancer cell line; TRAMP-C1, mouse prostate cancer cell line; COS7, african green monkey kidney cell line; 293T, human embryonic kidney cell line; WML2, murine lung fibroblast cell line; BEL-7402, human hepatoma cell line; SK-hep-1, human hepatic adenocarcinoma cell line; Caco-2, human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line; Bxpc-3, human pancreatic cancer cell line; Huh-7, human liver cell line; MCF-10A, nontumorigenic epithelial cell line; U-251 MG, glioblastoma multiforme cell line; SH-SY5Y, neuroblastoma cell line; C8-D1A, astrocytes type 1 clone; bEnd.3, mouse brain endothelial cell line; MDA-MB-435, human breast carcinoma cell line; DU145, human prostate cancer cell line; HCT116, human colorectal cancer cell line; CAL27, human squamous cancer cell line; A375, human melanoma cell line; HepG2, human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line; K562, human myelogenous leukemia cell line; MGC-803, human gastric carcinoma cell line; MG-63, human osteosarcoma cell line; L02, human hepatic cell line; SW380, human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells; B16-F10, murine melanoma cell line; B16.OVA, B16F10 cells expressed ovalbumin; LL/2, murine lewis lung carcinoma cell line; CMT64.OVA, lung carcinoma cell line expressed ovalbumin; MB49, murine bladder carcinoma cell line; A549, human nonsmall cell lung cancer cell line; SKOV-3, ovarian cancer cell line; CAL27, human squamous cancer cell line; H22, murine hepatocarcinoma cell line; MIN6, pancreatic β-cell line; C6/36, A. albopictus (mosquito medium host cell line; E. coli, Escherichia coli; E. coliK12, Escherichia coli derived from W3110; CRKP, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S. marcescens, Serratia marcescens; P. vulgaris, Proteus vulgaris; S. epidermidis, Staphylococcus epidermidis; Ana-1, murine macrophage cell line; DC2.4, murine dendritic cell line; NL-20, human lung epithelial cells; HL-60, human leukemia cell line; ABT-263, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) inhibitor.