La reprogramación de los exosomas como controladores a nanoescala de la inmunidad celular

Qinqin Cheng1, Xiaojing Shi1, Menglu Han1

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States.

Resumen

Los investigadores diseñaron exosomas para atacar las células cancerosas, redirigiendo las células T inmunes para matar eficazmente el cáncer. Este nuevo enfoque de la nanomedicina, los exosomas redirigidos de anticuerpos multivalentes sintéticos (SMART-Exos), muestra una promesa para la inmunoterapia del cáncer libre de células.

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