Ferritins as nanoplatforms for imaging and drug delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1913-1922

  Zhen, Zipeng ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Todd, Trever ^a   Xie, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Ferritin; MRI; Nanomedicine; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; BIOMATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; NANOCAPSULE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL TRACKING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOIMAGING; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FERRITINS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; NANOCAPSULES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84911491557     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2014.941354     Document Type: Review

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