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Samir El Andaloussi

Samir El Andaloussi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
34644
World Ranking
13501
National Ranking
202

Overview

Samir El Andaloussi is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, contributing extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, immunology, immunology and allergy, and biomedical engineering.

El Andaloussi's main research topics focus on extracellular vesicles, particularly their role in disease processes and applications in RNA interference and gene delivery. Other key areas of interest include microRNA in disease regulation, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, cell adhesion molecules, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and circular RNAs associated with diseases.

Frequent collaborators in El Andaloussi's research include André Görgens, Dhanu Gupta, Joel Z. Nordin, Oscar P. B. Wiklander, and Matthew J. A. Wood.

The primary venues in which El Andaloussi publishes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Nature Communications, the Journal of Controlled Release, and Pharmaceutics. These platforms reflect the interdisciplinary and evolving nature of their research interests.

Significant recent publications by El Andaloussi cover a range of topics linked to extracellular vesicles and their biomedical applications:

  • Extracellular vesicles as drug delivery systems: Why and how? (2020), published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Dosing extracellular vesicles (2021), published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Identification of storage conditions stabilizing extracellular vesicles preparations (2022), published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • The power of imaging to understand extracellular vesicle biology in vivo (2021), published in Nature Methods
  • Exploiting the biogenesis of extracellular vesicles for bioengineering and therapeutic cargo loading (2023), published in Molecular Therapy

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Extracellular vesicles: biology and emerging therapeutic opportunities

    Samir El Andaloussi;Imre Mäger;Imre Mäger;Xandra O. Breakefield;Matthew J. A. Wood

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials - an ISEV position paper

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

  • Extracellular vesicle in vivo biodistribution is determined by cell source, route of administration and targeting

    Oscar P. B. Wiklander;Joel Z. Nordin;Aisling O'Loughlin;Ylva Gustafsson

  • Exosomes and microvesicles: extracellular vesicles for genetic information transfer and gene therapy

    Yi Lee;Samir El Andaloussi;Samir El Andaloussi;Matthew J.A. Wood

  • Advances in therapeutic applications of extracellular vesicles

    Oscar P. B. Wiklander;Meadhbh Á. Brennan;Meadhbh Á. Brennan;Jan Lötvall;Xandra O. Breakefield

  • Cells release subpopulations of exosomes with distinct molecular and biological properties

    Eduard Willms;Henrik J. Johansson;Imre Mäger;Imre Mäger;Yi Lee

  • Extracellular vesicles as drug delivery systems: Why and how?

    Omnia M. Elsharkasy;Joel Z. Nordin;Daniel W. Hagey;Olivier G. de Jong

  • Ultrafiltration with size-exclusion liquid chromatography for high yield isolation of extracellular vesicles preserving intact biophysical and functional properties

    Joel Z. Nordin;Yi Lee;Pieter Vader;Imre Mäger;Imre Mäger

  • Isolation of Exosomes from Blood Plasma: Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Ultracentrifugation and Size Exclusion Chromatography Methods.

    Tamás Baranyai;Kata Herczeg;Zsófia Onódi;István Voszka

  • Exosomes for targeted siRNA delivery across biological barriers.

    Samir El Andaloussi;Samira Lakhal;Imre Mäger;Matthew J.A. Wood

  • Evidence-Based Clinical Use of Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine

    Stefano Fais;Lorraine O'Driscoll;Francesc E. Borras;Edit Buzas

  • Exosomes surf on filopodia to enter cells at endocytic hot spots, traffic within endosomes, and are targeted to the ER

    Wolf Heusermann;Justin Hean;Justin Hean;Dominic Trojer;Emmanuelle Steib

  • Extracellular vesicles in neurodegenerative disease - pathogenesis to biomarkers

    Alexander G. Thompson;Elizabeth Gray;Sabrina M. Heman-Ackah;Imre Mäger

  • Design of a peptide-based vector, PepFect6, for efficient delivery of siRNA in cell culture and systemically in vivo.

    Samir E L Andaloussi;Taavi Lehto;Imre Mäger;Katri Rosenthal-Aizman

  • Functional correction in mouse models of muscular dystrophy using exon-skipping tricyclo-DNA oligomers

    Aurélie Goyenvalle;Graziella Griffith;Arran Babbs;Samir El Andaloussi;Samir El Andaloussi

  • PepFect 14, a novel cell-penetrating peptide for oligonucleotide delivery in solution and as solid formulation

    Kariem Ezzat;Samir E L Andaloussi;Eman M Zaghloul;Taavi Lehto

  • Distinct uptake routes of cell-penetrating peptide conjugates.

    Per Lundin;Henrik Johansson;Peter Guterstam;Tina Holm

  • The power of imaging to understand extracellular vesicle biology in vivo.

    Frederik J. Verweij;Leonora Balaj;Chantal M. Boulanger;David R.F. Carter

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J.A. Wood
Matthew J.A. Wood University of Oxford
Ülo Langel
Ülo Langel Stockholm University
Pieter Vader
Pieter Vader Utrecht University
C. I. Edvard Smith
C. I. Edvard Smith Karolinska University Hospital
Janne Lehtiö
Janne Lehtiö Karolinska Institute
Bernd Giebel
Bernd Giebel University of Duisburg-Essen
Edit I. Buzás
Edit I. Buzás Semmelweis University
Raymond M. Schiffelers
Raymond M. Schiffelers Utrecht University
Michael J. Gait
Michael J. Gait MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Hernando A. del Portillo
Hernando A. del Portillo University of Barcelona

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