Solanum nigrum L.-derived nanovesicles as novel nanotherapeutics suppressing prostate cancer progression via senescence-based antitumor activity

Keywords

Plant-derived nanovesicles / Senescence / Prostate cancer / P53 / Herbal medicine

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Funding

Chongqing Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2024M762709)

the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen(JCYJ20240813153620027)

the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2025T180649)

he Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen(JCYJ20240813153619026)

Shenzhen Bao'an High-Quality Development Project(YNXM2024078)

he Shenzhen Bao’an Chinese Medicine Hospital Research Program(Grant No. BAZYY20220702)

Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine “Guben” project first-level discipline ability improvement project (ZY2025GB0929)

the Huixin Lifetech Chinese Herbal Medicine-derived Extracellular Vesicles Research Project.

the Sanming Project of Medicine inShenzhen (SZZYSM202206001)

Shenzhen Bao'an High-QualityDevelopment Project(YNXM2024079)

the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China(2025A1515010438)

the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (2022A1515011710)

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