Texosome-based drug delivery system for cancer therapy: from past to present

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-03-13
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Risingworldwidecancerincidenceandresistancetocurrentanti-cancerdrugsnecessitatetheneedfornewpharmaceuticalcompoundsanddrugdeliverysystem.Malfunctionoftheimmunesystem,particularlyinthetumormicroenvironment,causestumorgrowthandenhancestumorprogression.Thus,cancerimmunotherapycanbeanappropriateapproachtoprovokethesystemicimmunesystemtocombattumorexpansion.Texosomes,whichareendogenousnanovesiclesreleasedbyalltumorcells,contributetocell-cellcommunicationandmodifythephenotypicfeaturesofrecipientcellsduetothetexosomes'abilitytotransportbiologicalcomponents.Forthisreason,texosome-baseddeliverysystemcanbeavaluablestrategyfortherapeuticpurposes.Toimprovethepharmaceuticalbehaviorofthissystemandtofacilitateitsuseinmedicalapplications,biotechnologyapproachesandmimetictechniqueshavebeenutilized.Inthisreview,wepresentthedevelopmenthistoryoftexosome-baseddeliverysystemsanddiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofeachsystem.