Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Mechanistic understanding of in vivo protein corona formation on polymeric nanoparticles and impact on pharmacokinetics

  • Nicolas Bertrand,
  • Philippe Grenier,
  • Morteza Mahmoudi,
  • Eliana M. Lima,
  • Eric A. Appel,
  • Flavio Dormont,
  • Jong-Min Lim,
  • Rohit Karnik,
  • Robert Langer,
  • Omid C. Farokhzad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00600-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding the interaction between nanoparticles and biomolecules is crucial for improving current drug-delivery systems. Here, the authors shed light on the essential role of the surface and other physicochemical properties of a library of nanoparticles on their in vivo pharmacokinetics.