@article{f3e16a06880b4673bc8a7553d3709881,
title = "The Potential Role of Extracellular Vesicles in COVID-19 Treatment: Opportunity and Challenge",
abstract = "SARS-CoV-2 infection has become an urgent public health concern worldwide, severely affecting our society and economy due to the long incubation time and high prevalence. People spare no effort on the rapid development of vaccine and treatment all over the world. Amongst the numerous ways of tackling this pandemic, some approaches using extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging. In this review, we summarize current prevalence and pathogenesis of COVID-19, involving the combination of SARS-CoV-2 and virus receptor ACE2, endothelial dysfunction and micro thrombosis, together with cytokine storm. We also discuss the ongoing EVs-based strategies for the treatment of COVID-19, including mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-EVs, drug-EVs, vaccine-EVs, platelet-EVs, and others. This manuscript provides the foundation for the development of targeted drugs and vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 infections.",
keywords = "ACE2, COVID-19, extracellular vesicles (EVs), immunomodulation, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC), SARS-CoV-2",
author = "Yan, \{Yan Yan\} and Zhou, \{Wen Min\} and Wang, \{Yu Qing\} and Guo, \{Qiao Ru\} and Zhao, \{Fu Xi\} and Zhu, \{Zhuang Yan\} and Xing, \{Yan Xia\} and Zhang, \{Hai Yan\} and Mohamad Aljofan and Jarrahi, \{Alireza Mosavi\} and Bolat Makabel and Zhang, \{Jian Ye\}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81902152, U1903126, 81773888 and 81903467), Open Founding of Key Laboratory Ethnomedicine Ministry of Education (KLEM-KF2019Y03), the Key Medical Science and Technology Project of Shanxi Province (2020 XM33-“Four Batches” of Science and Technology Medical Innovation Project of Shanxi Province), and the Fund of Shanxi Province Higher Education Technology Innovation Project (2019L0753). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021 Yan, Zhou, Wang, Guo, Zhao, Zhu, Xing, Zhang, Aljofan, Jarrahi, Makabel and Zhang.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
day = "21",
doi = "10.3389/fmolb.2021.699929",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
journal = "Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences",
issn = "2296-889X",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S. A.",
}