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. 2022 Jun 23;12(29):18475–18492. doi: 10.1039/d2ra02351b

Examples of exosome-based DDSs.

Exosome origin Encapsulated agent Loading methodology Loading efficiency (LE)/loading amount (LA) Application Ref.
Raw 264.7 Catalase (1) Incubation, (2) incubation with saponin, (3) freeze–thaw cycles, (4) sonication, (5) extrusion LE: (1) 4.9 ± 0.5%, (2) 18.5 ± 1.3%, (3) 14.7 ± 1.1%, (4) 26.1 ± 1.2%, (5) 22.2 ± 3.1% Parkinson's disease treatment 62
A549 Dye/PEG Sonication under microfluidics N/A Cancer therapy and image 63
RAW 264.7 PTX Sonication LE: 19.55 ± 2.48% Cancer therapy 64
HFL-1 Erastin Sonication LA: 3.2 mg erastin per mg protein Cancer therapy 65
Macrophage PTX Sonication LE: 33% Cancer therapy 88
imDC Curcumin Sonication LE: 70% Parkinson's disease treatment 107
(1) HepG2, (2) HDFa, (3) RIN-m Insulin Electroporation LE: (1) 50.75 ± 1.2%, (2) 57.42 ± 5.47%, (3) 49.70 ± 4.32% Diabetes treatment 66
imDC DOX Electroporation LE: 20% Cancer therapy 67
MSC DOX Electroporation LE: 35% Cancer therapy 87
RAW 264.7 Dex Electroporation LE: 11.12 ± 1.82% Rheumatoid arthritis 102
Dendritic cell miR-140 Electroporation LA: 0.03 μmol miR per μg exosome Osteoarthritis 104
Dendritic cell GAPDH siRNA Electroporation LE: 25% Alzheimer's disease treatment 107
M2 macrophage (1) BSP and (2) IL10pDNA Electroporation and gene transfection LE: (1) 29.03% and (2) 6.97% Rheumatoid arthritis 103
Engineered HEK293T (1) 5-FU and (2) miR-21i Electroporation and incubation LE: (1) 3.1% and (2) 0.5% Cancer therapy 68
LIM1215 c DOX Incubation LE: 9.06% Cancer therapy 69
LNCaP l PTX Incubation LE: 9.2 ± 4.5% Cancer therapy 71
MSC miR-155 inhibitor Incubation with CaCl2 LE: 60% Diabetic wound treatment 97
EL 4 Curcumin Agitation LA: 2.9 g cur per g exosome Brain inflammatory diseases 70
THP-1 (1) DOX and (2) Cho-miR159 Agitation and shaking (1) LA: 160 ng DOX per μg exosome Cancer therapy 90
Autologous breast cancer cell siS100A4/CBSA NP Extrusion LE: 86.70 ± 1.22% Cancer therapy 91
HEK293T Melatonin Extrusion LA: 97.1 ng mel per μg exosome Atopic dermatitis 99
HEK293T DOX Surface modification with BPA LE: 35% Cancer therapy 76
Macrophage (1) anti-PD-L1 and (2) AB680 (1) Surface modification by PEGylation and (2) extrusion LE: (1) 5.47 ± 0.36%. (2) 61.0 ± 3.1% Cancer therapy 78
Serum DOX Surface modification with strep/biotin N/A Cancer therapy 77
HUVEC KV11 peptide Surface modification with CP05 linker LE: 83.1% Pathological retinal angiogenesis 109
Engineered Expi293 Anti-CD3 and Anti-HER2 Cell engineering N/A Cancer therapy 73
Engineered HEK293T Cargo protein–CRY2 protein Cell engineering and light irradiation LA: 1.4 molecules per exosome Protein-based therapy 74
Engineered Expi293 Cargo protein–photocleavable protein Cell engineering and light irradiation N/A Protein-based therapy 75