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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2024

Multiple Particle Tracking: A Method for Probing Biologically Relevant Mobility of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles.

Darby Steinman, Robert D Kirian, Hannah C Zierden

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Optimizing genetic engineering approaches for protein loading into bacterial extracellular vesicles for vaginal drug delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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3 authors.

Darby Steinman *Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Robert D Kirian *Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Hannah C ZierdenFischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. hzierden@umd.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial extracellular vesicles (bEVs) are produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. These biological nanoparticles transport small molecules, nucleic acids, and proteins, enabling communication with both bacterial and mammalian cells. bEVs can evade and disrupt biological barriers, and their lipid membranes protect their cargo from degradation, facilitating long-distance communication in vivo. Furthermore, bacteria are easily manipulated and easily cultured. These combined factors make bEVs an ideal candidate for drug delivery applications. Thus, the study of how bEVs interact with biological barriers is interesting from both a signaling and drug delivery perspective. Here we describe methods for tracking bEV motion in biological matrices ex vivo. We outline methods for growth, isolation, quantification, and labeling, as well as techniques for tracking bEV motion ex vivo and quantifying these data. The methods described here are relevant to bEV communication with host cells as well as drug delivery applications using bEVs.

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Extracellular VesiclesBacteriaHumansBacterial extracellular vesicles (bEVs)Bacterial membrane vesicles (bMVs)Membrane vesicles (MVs)Multiple particle trackingOuter membrane vesicles (OMVs)

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PMID39141298

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