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SUBMITTER: Taverna S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5337202 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Taverna Simona S Pucci Marzia M Alessandro Riccardo R
Annals of translational medicine 20170201 4
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized membrane vesicles involved in intercellular communication. EVs have pleiotropic actions in physiological and pathological conditions. The ability of EVs to transports proteins, drugs and nucleic acid, to target specific cells and to increase the stability of therapeutic cargo, make EVs interesting as new devices for the treatment of human disease. In a recently published issue of European journal of pharmaceutical sciences, Silva and colleagues reviewe ...[more]