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Table 3 Extracellular vesicle (EV) uptake routes

From: Engineering strategies for customizing extracellular vesicle uptake in a therapeutic context

EV uptake route

Docking goal

Mechanism

Intracellular fate

References

Membrane fusion

Cargo release directly into the cytosol

Direct membrane fusion

Delivery of cargo directly into the cytosol

[96, 114]

Contact without internalization

Trigger signaling pathways

Signaling pathways

Activation of signaling pathways

[126]

Internalization

Internalization

Endocytosis

Recycling

[96, 114]

  

Phagocytosis

Degradation

 
  

Macropinocytosis

Delivery

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