PMID- 22917779 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130312 LR - 20211021 IS - 1872-8294 (Electronic) IS - 0169-409X (Print) IS - 0169-409X (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 13 DP - 2012 Oct TI - Interactions of nanomaterials and biological systems: Implications to personalized nanomedicine. PG - 1363-84 LID - S0169-409X(12)00238-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.addr.2012.08.005 [doi] AB - The application of nanotechnology to personalized medicine provides an unprecedented opportunity to improve the treatment of many diseases. Nanomaterials offer several advantages as therapeutic and diagnostic tools due to design flexibility, small sizes, large surface-to-volume ratio, and ease of surface modification with multivalent ligands to increase avidity for target molecules. Nanomaterials can be engineered to interact with specific biological components, allowing them to benefit from the insights provided by personalized medicine techniques. To tailor these interactions, a comprehensive knowledge of how nanomaterials interact with biological systems is critical. Herein, we discuss how the interactions of nanomaterials with biological systems can guide their design for diagnostic, imaging and drug delivery purposes. A general overview of nanomaterials under investigation is provided with an emphasis on systems that have reached clinical trials. Finally, considerations for the development of personalized nanomedicines are summarized such as the potential toxicity, scientific and technical challenges in fabricating them, and regulatory and ethical issues raised by the utilization of nanomaterials. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Xue-Qing AU - Zhang XQ AD - Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, USA. FAU - Xu, Xiaoyang AU - Xu X FAU - Bertrand, Nicolas AU - Bertrand N FAU - Pridgen, Eric AU - Pridgen E FAU - Swami, Archana AU - Swami A FAU - Farokhzad, Omid C AU - Farokhzad OC LA - eng GR - HHSN268201000045C/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 CA151884/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - 1F32CA168163-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada GR - F32 CA168163/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA151884/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20120817 PL - Netherlands TA - Adv Drug Deliv Rev JT - Advanced drug delivery reviews JID - 8710523 RN - 0 (Ligands) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - *Nanomedicine MH - Nanostructures/*therapeutic use MH - *Precision Medicine MH - Protein Binding PMC - PMC3517211 MID - NIHMS401532 EDAT- 2012/08/25 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/13 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/01 CRDT- 2012/08/25 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/08/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/08/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0169-409X(12)00238-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.addr.2012.08.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2012 Oct;64(13):1363-84. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Aug 17.