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Mundo nano. Revista interdisciplinaria en nanociencias y nanotecnología
On-line version ISSN 2448-5691Print version ISSN 2007-5979
Abstract
MAGALLANES-PUEBLA, Alejandro and LOPEZ-MARIN, Luz M.. Lipid bilayer-coated nanoparticles: mimetism for biomedical applications. Mundo nano [online]. 2023, vol.16, n.31, 69797. Epub Sep 04, 2023. ISSN 2448-5691. https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485691e.2023.31.69797.
Living organisms are made of self-assembled nanostructures. Therefore, the control of sizes, shapes, textures, or chemical functions during chemical synthesis, as managed by nanotechnology, leads to a myriad of possibilities in the field of biomedical applications. One of the main approaches in this area, also known as nanomedicine, is the production of biomimetic nanoparticles, which take profit from either natural products or bioinspired materials. Cell-cell communications are strongly dependent on molecular arrays displayed at the cell surface in the context of lipid bilayers. Therefore, the mimicry of such coatings has gained great interest during the last decades. Herein we summarize the rationale and the methodologies related to this approach, with a special focus on the delivery of drugs and vaccines. The challenges and opportunities in this area, along with some selected examples will be discussed as well.
Keywords : supported lipid bilayers; biomimetism; membrane patches; hybrid nanoparticles; liposomes.