Engineered ferritin nanocage as a cholesterol sequestering agent

• Main Author: Ravishankar, Samyukta
• Other Authors: Sierin Lim
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148691
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Accumulation of lipid laden macrophages (foam cells) is characteristic of atherosclerosis development in the arterial walls. Clinically, the current line of treatment includes using preventive drugs to maintain serum cholesterol levels and emergency surgical interventions at the onset of a heart...