Ferritin is a ubiquitous iron storage protein responsible for maintaining the iron homeostasis
in living organism and thereby protects the cell from oxidative damage. The ferritin protein …

Ferritin, a major iron storage protein with a hollow interior cavity, has been reported recently
to play many important roles in biomedical and bioengineering applications. Owing to the …

Ferritin naturally exists in most organisms and can specifically recognize the transferrin 1
receptor (TfR1), which is generally highly expressed on various types of tumor cells. The pH …

The essence of bionanotechnology lies in the application of nanotechnology/nanomaterials
to solve the biological problems. Quantum dots and nanoparticles hold potential biomedical …

Nowadays cancer represents a prominent challenge in clinics. Main achievements in cancer
management would be the development of highly accurate and specific diagnostic tools for …

Ferritin has been widely used in drug delivery in recent years due to its unique spherical
nanocage structure. In addition, the natural targeting and good biocompatibility of ferritin …

Ferritin is an endogenous protein which is self-assembled by 24 subunits into a highly
uniform nanocage structure. Due to the drug-encapsulating ability in the hollow inner cavity …

Compared with other nanocarriers such as liposomes, mesoporous silica, and cyclodextrin,
ferritin as a typical protein nanocage has received considerable attention in the field of food …

Conspectus Ferritins are spherical iron storage proteins within cells that are composed of a
combination of 24 subunits of two types, heavy-chain ferritin (HFn) and light-chain ferritin …

DOI: 10.1002/adhm. 201500226 natural cellular uptake and furthermore allowing nuclear
targeting. Besides the cargo, apoferritin itself is biologically active due to its intrinsic iron …