Quimioterapia tumoral con ascorbato mediante una pro-oxidación específica del tumor catalizada por la nanomedicina de

Bowen Yang1,2, Jianlin Shi1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.

Resumen

Este estudio introduce una nueva nanomedicina que utiliza el hierro para catalizar la oxidación del ascorbato, generando especies reactivas de oxígeno para mejorar la quimioterapia tumoral. Este enfoque mejora significativamente la eficacia anticancerígena tanto in vitro como in vivo.

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