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Hybrid ferritin nanoparticles as activatable probes for tumor imaging

  • Xin Lin
  • , Jin Xie
  • , Lei Zhu
  • , Seulki Lee
  • , Gang Niu
  • , Ying Ma
  • , Kwangmeyung Kim
  • , Xiaoyuan Chen

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Rattling the cage: Protein cages are used as a scaffold to build protease-activatable probes. The self-assembly of ferritin cages generates hybrid proteins with matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-specific activation (see picture). The formula with the highest activation efficiency is validated as a tumor-specific probe in a xenograft mouse model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1569-1572
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 11 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ferritin
  • fluorescent probes
  • imaging agents
  • metalloenzymes
  • nanoparticles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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