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Drug Delivery: Biofabricated Nanoparticle Coating for Liver‐Cell Targeting (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 13/2015)
Author(s) -
Zhang Cheng,
Qu Xue,
Li Jinyang,
Hong Hua,
Li Jianbo,
Ren Jie,
Payne Gregory F.,
Liu Changsheng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201570075
Subject(s) - coating , targeted drug delivery , drug delivery , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , drug , materials science , medicine , pharmacology
Biology often uses non‐covalent interactions to create responsive structures and confer complex functions (e.g., molecular recognition). On page 1972, X. Qu, C. Liu, and co‐workers report how, using biology as a source of materials and inspiration, a responsive lectin (protein)‐polysaccharide nanoparticle coating is self‐assembled with terminal galactomannan residues to confer liver‐cell targeting functions.