Emerging applications of multifunctional elastin-like recombinamers. (January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodríguez-Cabello, J Carlos; Martín, Laura; Girotti, Alessandra; García-Arévalo, Carmen; Arias, F Javier; Alonso, Matilde
• Is Part Of: Nanomedicine. Volume 6:Number 1(2011)
• Page Start: 111
• Page End: 122
• Publication Date: 2011-01
• Subjects: drug delivery -- elastin-like recombinamers -- nanodevices -- protein purification -- surface engineering -- tissue engineering; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Medical technology -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Therapeutic use -- Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.2217/nnm.10.141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-5889

Abstract

Elastin-like recombinamers have grown in popularity in the field of protein-inspired biomimetic materials and have found widespread use in biomedical applications. Modern genetic-engineering techniques have allowed the design of multifunctional materials with an extraordinary control over their architecture and physicochemical properties, such as stimuli-responsiveness, monodispersity, biocompatibility or self-assembly, amongst others. Indeed, these materials are playing an increasingly important role in a diverse range of applications, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering and 'smart' systems. Herein, we review some of the most interesting examples of recent advances and progressive applications of elastin-like recombinamers in biomaterial and nano-engineering sciences in recent years.