Self‐Assembled Peptide‐ and Protein‐Based Nanomaterials for Antitumor Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy
Institute of Process Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Tremendous interest in self-assembly of peptides and proteins towards functional nanomaterials has been inspired by naturally evolving self-assembly in biological construction of multiple and sophisticated protein architectures in organisms. Self-assembled peptide and protein nanoarchitectures are excellent promising candidates for facilitating biomedical applications due to their advantages of structural, mechanical, and functional diversity and high biocompability and biodegradability. Here, this review focuses on the self-assembly of peptides and proteins for fabrication of phototherapeutic nanomaterials for antitumor photodynamic and photothermal therapy, with emphasis on building blocks, non-covalent…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 46.96
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 131
Authors
4Topics & keywords
- Photodynamic therapy
- Photothermal therapy
- Materials science
- Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology
- Peptide
- Photothermal effect
- Biochemistry