Exosomes in Cancers Therapy
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 64115
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; nanotechnology; cancer chemoprevention and treatment; breast; lung and ovarian cancers; exosomes
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Interests: 32P-postlabelg techniques; natural compounds and extracts; cancers; exosomes; siRNAs; drugs
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exosomes are biological nanovesicles that are involved in cell-cell communication and have a natural ability to carry functional biomolecules, such as small RNAs, DNAs, and proteins. Because of their size, exosomes are explored as nanodevices for the development of new therapeutic applications. Exosomes are widely distributed in various biological fluids such as blood, urine, and milk. The physical and biological stability, as well as tolerability and the possibility of facile scale-up of manufacturing process makes exosomes an ideal nanoparticle for drug delivery with wide therapeutic applications for various diseases including cancer.
The field of exosome-based therapeutics gained much momentum after successful demonstration of dendritic cell (DC)-derived exosomes for cancer immunotherapy and targeted RNAi delivery. Other cell types that have been used as exosome factories include mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), human and murine cancer cells, etc. Exosomes from these donor cells were shown to deliver interfering RNAs (siRNA and miRNAs) and therapeutic small molecules (e.g., doxorubicin and curcumin). Immature DCs have favorable properties with respect to immunogenicity and could be modified to express a targeting peptide on their surface. Exosome-like particles and lipids derived from fruits (e.g., grapes and grapefruit) have been examined as an alternative drug carrier. Further, milk-derived exosomes have been demonstrated to serve as a vehicle to deliver both hydrophilic and lipophilic small molecules, including chemotherapeutic drugs and siRNA. However, further knowledge is vital to understand the roles of various types of exosomes and exosome mimitics as delivery vehicle to delivery small and large molecules for cancer therapy.
This Special Issue of Cancers therefore welcomes new research articles and timely reviews on all aspects of exosomes, exosome-mediated delivery, and their role in cancer therapy.
Dr. Farrukh Aqil
Prof. Dr. Ramesh C. Gupta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- exosomes
- cancer
- chemoprevention
- drug delivery
- extracellular vesicles
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