Considerations regarding the application of Chinese herbal medicine-derived extracellular vesicle-like particles in a drug delivery system

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Funding

This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (82125037, 82274104, 82074024, 82374042), Jiangsu Provincial Medical Innovation Center (CXZX202225), Natural Science Foundation Youth Project of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NZY81903557), the Open Project of Chinese Materia Medica First-Class Discipline of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (2020YLXK019), and Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CACM (2021-QNRC2-A01).

Author contributions

Ruoning Wang and Liuqing Di conceived and designed this commentary. Fucai Chen and Yingjie Zhang drew the picture and summarized the results. Yu Zheng, Longxiang Pan, and Jiale Li reviewed and edited this commentary. Peng Cao, Ruoning Wang, and Liuqing Di revised this commentary. All of the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethical approval of studies and informed consent

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

None.

Data availability

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.

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