Ferritin nanocages: Great potential as clinically translatable drug delivery vehicles?

Nanomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1555-1557

  Todd, Trever J ^a   Zhen, Zipeng ^a   Xie, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

doxorubicin; drug delivery; ferritin; integrin; nanoparticle; photodynamic therapy; tumor therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APOFERRITIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; FERRITIN; LIPOSOME; METAL; METAL OXIDE; METHOTREXATE; NANOCAGE; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYMER; PRODRUG; RADIOISOTOPE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CANCER INHIBITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IRON STORAGE; KUPFFER CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; LIVER CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885127080     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.141     Document Type: Review

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