Abstract
Nanobiomaterials such as virus particles and artificial virus particles offer tremendous opportunities to develop new biomedical applications such as drug- or gene-delivery, imaging and sensing but also improve understanding of biological mechanisms. Recent advances within the field of virus-based systems give insights in how to mimic viral structures and virus assembly processes as well as understanding biodistribution, cell/tissue targeting, controlled and triggered disassembly or release and circulation times. All these factors are of high importance for virus-based functional systems. This review illustrates advances in mimicking and enhancing or controlling these aspects to a high degree toward delivery and imaging applications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1386-1400 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Advanced healthcare materials |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22-Jun-2016 |
Keywords
- biomedical applications
- delivery
- imaging
- nanobiomaterials
- virus particles
- TOBACCO-MOSAIC-VIRUS
- MRI CONTRAST AGENTS
- MULTIFUNCTIONAL VIRAL NANOPARTICLES
- QUARTZ-CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE
- GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN
- TUMOR-BEARING MICE
- IN-VIVO
- DRUG-DELIVERY
- GENE DELIVERY
- POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)