“…As such, a global view of EV-based therapeutic action is needed. The biological cargo harbored by EVs, including proteins ( Al-Nedawi et al, 2008 ; Yim et al, 2016 ; Yuan et al, 2017 ; Zhang G. et al, 2017 ; Roefs et al, 2020 ), nucleic acids ( Ratajczak et al, 2006 ; Liang et al, 2016 ; Xiao G. Y. et al, 2016 ; Song et al, 2017 ; Gu et al, 2018 ; Shi et al, 2018 ; Gu Y. Y. et al, 2019 ; Basalova et al, 2020 ), and lipids ( Lindemann, 1989 ; Fadok et al, 2000 ; Gurnani et al, 2004 ; Yuyama et al, 2014 ) [reviewed in Greening et al (2017) , Skotland et al (2019) , O’Brien et al (2020) ] ( Table 2 ), greatly influence their clinical potential. The protein and lipid expression of EVs yield insights into their surface receptor mediated interactions with, and effects on recipient cells, including their fusion and uptake ( Christianson et al, 2013 ; Purushothaman et al, 2016 ; Berenguer et al, 2018 ), while their genetic landscape sheds light on the EVs’ reprogramming potential through regulation of protein expression ( Ratajczak et al, 2006 ; Skog et al, 2008 ; Abels et al, 2019 ).…”