Publication detail

Apoferritin applications in nanomedicine

HEGER, Z. SKALIČKOVÁ, S. ZÍTKA, O. ADAM, V. KIZEK, R.

Original Title

Apoferritin applications in nanomedicine

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Nanomedicine as a continuously evolving discipline is still looking for a structure with perfect properties that is usable as a multifunctional transporter. Great potential is attributed to synthetic materials such as fullerenes, porous hollow silica nanoparticles and single-wall nanotubes, among others. However, materials that are natural to the human body are more acceptable by the organism, and thus become an attractive approach in this field of research. Ferritins are proteins that naturally occur in most living organisms throughout evolution and may be a possible transporter choice. Numerous applications have demonstrated the possibilities of iron-free ferritins, called apoferritins, serving as platforms for various nanomedical purposes This article summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of these proteins and discusses their practical applications and future perspectives.

Keywords

horse spleen ferritin, magnetic resonance imaging, nanoscale, nanotrasporter, photodynamic therapy,self-assembly, therapeutic agents

Authors

HEGER, Z.; SKALIČKOVÁ, S.; ZÍTKA, O.; ADAM, V.; KIZEK, R.

RIV year

2014

Released

1. 1. 2014

ISBN

1743-5889

Periodical

Nanomedicine

Year of study

9

Number

14

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

2233

Pages to

2245

Pages count

13

BibTex

@article{BUT110991,
  author="Zbyněk {Heger} and Sylvie {Skaličková} and Ondřej {Zítka} and Vojtěch {Adam} and René {Kizek}",
  title="Apoferritin applications in nanomedicine",
  journal="Nanomedicine",
  year="2014",
  volume="9",
  number="14",
  pages="2233--2245",
  doi="10.2217/NNM.14.119",
  issn="1743-5889"
}