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. 2021 Dec 14;11(12):3391. doi: 10.3390/nano11123391

Table 9.

Extracellular vesicles’ drug delivery applications.

Parental cell Cargo Application Reference
EVs from HEK293T cells Angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2) Protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection by competitively bound to virus against host cells [253]
Milk-derived exosomes Anthocyanidins Anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory in lung cancer [254]
Exosomes from breast and colorectal cancer cells Aspirin Cancer therapy [255]
Exosomes from MIN-6 cells BAY55-9837 Increase insulin production for type 2 diabetes mellitus [256]
Exosomes from macrophages Berberine Spinal cord injury treatment [257]
EVs from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells Cannabidiol Increase the therapeutic efficacy of doxorubicin in triple negative breast cancer [258]
Exosomes from umbilical cord-derived macrophages Cisplatin Ovarian cancer cells treatment [259]
EVs from macrophages Curcumin Neuroprotection and ischemia-reperfusion injury treatment [260]
Inhibit the phosphorylation of Tau protein [261]
Exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells Attenuate the progression of osteoarthritis [262]
EVs from HEK293 cells Myocardial infarction treatment [263]
Exosomes from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells Cerebral ischemia treatment [264]
Exosomes from HEK293 cells Curcumin and RAGE-binding peptide Acute lung injury treatment [265]
EVs from smooth muscle cells Cystatin C Protection and healing of the nervous system in different neurotoxic conditions [266]
Exosomes from lung cancer Docetaxel Non-small cell lung cancer treatment [267]
Exosomes from cervical cancer Cervical cancer treatment [268]
Exosomes from blood samples Dopamine Parkinson’s disease treatment [269]
EVs from macrophages Doxorubicin Metastatic ovarian cancer treatment [270]
Exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells Colorectal cancer treatment [271]
Exosomes from human glioma Glioma treatment [272]
Milk-derived exosomes Cancer treatment [273]
Exosomes from HEK293 cells Cancer treatment [274]
Exosomes from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells Osteosarcoma treatment [275]
Exosomes from colon cancer Colorectal cancer treatment [276]
Exosomes from human breast and ovarian cancer Breast and ovarian cancer treatment [277]
Exosomes from macrophages Edaravone Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion treatment [278]
Exosomes from human fetal lung fibroblasts Erastin Triple-negative breast cancer therapy [279]
Exosomes from pancreatic cells Gemcitabine Pancreatic cancer treatment [280]
EVs from human plasma Imperialine Non-small cell lung cancer treatment [281]
EVs from human umbilical vascular endothelial cells Meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl) chlorine Cancer photodynamic therapy [282,283]
EVs from fibroblast cells Methotrexate Glioblastoma treatment [284]
Exosomes from embryonic stem cells Paclitaxel Glioblastoma treatment [285]
Exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells Carcinoma treatment [286]
EVs from gingival mesenchymal stromal cells Cancer treatment [287,288]
Exosomes from macrophages Pulmonary metastases treatment [289]
Milk-derived exosomes Lung cancer treatment [290]
EVs from bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells Malignant pleural mesothelioma treatment [291]
Exosomes from macrophages Multiple drug-resistant cancer treatment [292]
EVs from lung cancer cells Paclitaxel and oncolytic virus Primary and metastatic cancer treatment [293]
EVs from neutrophil-like cells Piceatannol Alleviated acute lung inflammation/injury and sepsis induced by lipopolysaccharide [294]
Exosomes from plasma Quercetin Relieve symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by inhibiting phosphorylation of Tau and reducing the formation of insoluble neurofibrillary tangles [295]
Exosomes from human ovarian cancer Triptolide Ovarian cancer treatment [296]
Mannosylated exosomes from macrophages Vancomycin and lysostaphin Eradication of intracellular quiescent MRSA [297]
Exosomes from fibroblasts WNT3A Repair of osteochondral defects [298]