A REVIEW ON THE MECHANISMS OF INORGANIC NANOPARTICLES/BIOFLUIDS INTERACTIONS

A deep knowledge of the processes occurring when a nanoparticle cames in contact with the biological fluids  at a  molecular level is extremely important in both toxicological and pharmaceutical  fields. The fate of a nanoparticle in the body and the toxic or beneficial response of cells to it are, in fact, strictly dependent by the early processes occurring at the nanoparticle surface/biofluid interface. The comprehension of such processes is still at the early stages.

Ivana Fenoglio has been invited to review the stat-of-the-art  of understanding inorganic surfaces/macrobiomolecules interaction in ADDR (I. Fenoglio, B. Fubini, E. Ghibaudi, F. Turci, Multiple aspects of the interaction of biomacromolecules with inorganic surfaces Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2011, 63, 1186-1209). Read the abstract.