Richards, DA;
Maruani, A;
Chudasama, V;
(2017)
Antibody fragments as nanoparticle targeting ligands: a step in the right direction.
Chemical Science
, 8
(1)
pp. 63-77.
10.1039/c6sc02403c.
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Abstract
Recent advances in nanomedicine have shown that dramatic improvements in nanoparticle therapeutics and diagnostics can be achieved through the use of disease specific targeting ligands. Although immunoglobulins have successfully been employed for the generation of actively targeted nanoparticles, their use is often hampered by the suboptimal characteristics of the resulting complexes. Emerging data suggest that a switch in focus from full antibodies to antibody derived fragments could help to alleviate these problems and expand the potential of antibody–nanoparticle conjugates as biomedical tools. This review aims to highlight how antibody derived fragments have been utilised to overcome both fundamental and practical issues encountered during the design and application of antibody–targeted nanoparticles.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Antibody fragments as nanoparticle targeting ligands: a step in the right direction |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6sc02403c |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sc02403c |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Material from this article can be used in other publications provided that the correct acknowledgement is given with the reproduced material. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063820 |
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