Engineered ferritin nanocage as a cholesterol sequestering agent

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Ravishankar, Samyukta
• مؤلفون آخرون: Sierin Lim
• التنسيق: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Bioengineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148691

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...