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ArticleScience advances2025

Plant cell-inspired colon-targeted cargo delivery systems with dual-triggered release mechanisms.

Anran Mao, Anna C Gebhard, Nazanin Z Ezazi, Aseem Salhotra, Anastasia V Riazanova, Ravi Shanker, Lars Wågberg, Line Hagner Nielsen, Anna J Svagan

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anran MaoDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5790-2932
Anna C GebhardDepartment of Health Technology, The Danish National Research Foundation and Villum Foundation's Center IDUN, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-9717-5066
Nazanin Z EzaziDepartment of Health Technology, The Danish National Research Foundation and Villum Foundation's Center IDUN, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Aseem SalhotraDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4835-0598
Anastasia V RiazanovaDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5661-0874
Ravi ShankerDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5790-513X
Lars WågbergDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8622-0386
Line Hagner NielsenDepartment of Health Technology, The Danish National Research Foundation and Villum Foundation's Center IDUN, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-3789-4816
Anna J SvaganDepartment of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4583-723X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant cells represent smart cargo carriers with great socioeconomic potential in oral drug delivery applications. The two exterior barriers, featuring a rigid cell wall and a dense plasma membrane, are unique with complementary structural, mechanical, and chemical properties. Current strategies for producing therapeutic drugs within plant cells for oral delivery are efficient, but largely limited to recombinant pharmaceutical proteins, and involve complex genetic modification of plants. To address this, we engineer plant cell-inspired delivery systems with cellulose nanofiber-based shells and lipid layers through a bottom-up assembly strategy, which offers greater flexibility to encapsulate nonprotein compounds and nanoparticles. Notably, the layered shell structure resists degradation in acidic environments, and two barriers respond differently to external stimuli in simulated gastrointestinal medium, resulting in size-dependent dual-triggered release mechanisms. The cytocompatibility was shown by incubation with Caco-2 cells. Our results open avenues for developing next generation of bioinspired oral delivery systems for multisite-specific gastrointestinal release in a low-cost and sustainable manner.

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ColonDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsPlant CellsAdministration, OralCaco-2 CellsCelluloseDrug LiberationHumansNanofibersNanoparticlesCelluloseDrug Carriers

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PMID40367175
PMCPMC12077510

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