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Biofunctionalization of Magnetic Nanomaterials
Published on: July 16, 2020
Embedding magnetic nanoparticles into coordination polymers to mimic zinc ion transporters for targeted tumor therapy
Enguo Ju1, Zhaowei Chen2, Wei Li1
1Laboratory of Chemical Biology and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China. jren@ciac.ac.cn xqu@ciac.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China.
Abstract:
Magnetic nanoparticle-embedded coordination polymers could act as mimics for zinc ion transporters for targeted cancer therapy. Compared with traditional zinc ionophores, our system could realize targeted and internal environment responsive transport of zinc ions to suppress the tumour growth while minimizing nonspecific injury to normal tissues.

