Nature Communications (May 2020)

Treatment of atherosclerosis by macrophage-biomimetic nanoparticles via targeted pharmacotherapy and sequestration of proinflammatory cytokines

  • Cheng Gao,
  • Qiaoxian Huang,
  • Conghui Liu,
  • Cheryl H. T. Kwong,
  • Ludan Yue,
  • Jian-Bo Wan,
  • Simon M. Y. Lee,
  • Ruibing Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16439-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Due to poor specificity, the current pharmacotherapy of atherosclerosis has limited therapeutic efficacy. Here, the authors show that a macrophage-biomimetic nanomedicine effectively alleviates atherosclerosis via targeted pharmacotherapy and sequestration of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines.