Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

In vivo guiding nitrogen-doped carbon nanozyme for tumor catalytic therapy

  • Kelong Fan,
  • Juqun Xi,
  • Lei Fan,
  • Peixia Wang,
  • Chunhua Zhu,
  • Yan Tang,
  • Xiangdong Xu,
  • Minmin Liang,
  • Bing Jiang,
  • Xiyun Yan,
  • Lizeng Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03903-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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If decorated with the right surface modifications, nanoparticles can function as Trojan horses, transporting cell death-facilitating compounds to tumor cells. Here, the authors prepare a particle with four enzyme-like activities and show that ferritin can direct nanoparticles to tumor cells.