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ReviewPharmaceutics2019

Extracellular Vesicles as Natural, Safe and Efficient Drug Delivery Systems.

Federico Villa, Rodolfo Quarto, Roberta Tasso

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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81citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed.

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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Federico VillaU.O. Cellular Oncology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. vilfed@libero.it.
Rodolfo QuartoU.O. Cellular Oncology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. rodolfo.quarto@unige.it.
Roberta TassoU.O. Cellular Oncology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. roberta.tasso@unige.it.

Funding

Ministero della Salute GR-2013-02357519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are particles naturally released from cells, delimited by a lipid bilayer, carrying functionally active biological molecules. In addition to their physiological role in cellular communication, the interest of the scientific community has recently turned to the use of EVs as vehicles for delivering therapeutic molecules. Several attempts are being made to ameliorate drug encapsulation and targeting, but these efforts are thwarted if the starting material does not meet stringent quality criteria. Here, we take a step back to the sources and isolation procedures that could guarantee significant improvements in the purification of EVs to be used as drug carriers, highlighting the advantages and shortcomings of each approach.

Indexed as

drug carriersextracellular vesiclesisolation methods

Identifiers

PMID31661862
PMCPMC6920944

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