Caracciolo G, Pozzi D, Capriotti AL, Cavaliere C, Piovesana S, Amenitsch H, Laganà A. Lipid composition: a “key factor” for the rational manipulation of the liposome–protein corona by liposome design.
RSC Adv 2015. [DOI:
10.1039/c4ra13335h]
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Abstract
When liposomes are exposed to biological fluids, a dynamic protein coating immediately covers them forming a ‘protein corona’. Those proteins can interact with receptors (over)expressed on the plasma membrane of target cells bringing the liposomes to their final destination.
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