Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Genetically engineered magnetic nanocages for cancer magneto-catalytic theranostics

  • Yang Zhang,
  • Xiaoyong Wang,
  • Chengchao Chu,
  • Zijian Zhou,
  • Biaoqi Chen,
  • Xin Pang,
  • Gan Lin,
  • Huirong Lin,
  • Yuxin Guo,
  • En Ren,
  • Peng Lv,
  • Yesi Shi,
  • Qingbing Zheng,
  • Xiaohui Yan,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen,
  • Gang Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19061-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The clinical application of magnetic hyperthermia therapy (MHT) is limited by the poor magnetic-to-thermal conversion efficiency of MHT agents. Here, the authors develop encapsulin-produced magnetic iron oxide nanocomposites (eMIONs) with excellent magnetic-heat capability and catalysis-triggered tumor suppression ability to overcome the critical issues of MHT.