Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Health Sciences and MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology University of Macau Taipa Macau SAR 999078 China
Abstract
AbstractMesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are becoming hotspots for application in disease therapies recently, combining with biomaterials and drug delivery system. A major advantage of MSCs applied in drug delivery system is that these cells enable specific targeting and releasing of cargos to the disease sites. However, the potential tumor tropic effects of MSCs raised concerns on biosafety. To solve this problem, there are emerging methods of isolating cell membranes and developing nanoformulations to perform drug delivery, which avoids concerns on biosafety without disturbing the membrane functions of specific polarizing and locating. These cargoes are so called “nanoghosts.” This review article summarizes the current applications of nanoghosts, the promising potential of MSCs to be applied in membrane isolation and nanoghost construction, and possible approaches to develop better drug delivery system harnessing from MSC ghost cell membranes.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Universidade de Macau
Subject
Biomaterials,Biotechnology,General Materials Science,General Chemistry