Review Article

Towards Therapeutic Delivery of Extracellular Vesicles: Strategies for In Vivo Tracking and Biodistribution Analysis

Table 2

Extracellular vesicles targeting studies.

Target cellsLigandReceptorMain reference

APCsLactadherin-fusionAntigen targeting[68, 69]
NeuronsRVG-Lamp2b fusionAcetylcholine receptor[7072]
B cellsEBV glycoprotein 350CD19[73]
Breast cancerPDGFR-GE11 peptide fusionEGFR[60]
RGD-αvβ3 integrins[74]
Cancer cellsIron oxide nanoparticlesMagnetic targeting[75]
Carcinoma cellsNanobodies anti-EGFR fused to GPI anchorsEGFR[76]
Nanobodies anti-EGFR conjugated with PEG[77]
Different targetsViral envelope proteinsDependent on the type of the virus[78]
Exosome fusion with liposomesDependent on the type of the hybrid exosome[79, 80]
Click chemistry modificationDependent on the type of the functionalization[81, 82]