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ArticleTrends in chemistry2019

Bioorthogonal nanozymes: progress towards therapeutic applications.

Xianzhi Zhang, Rui Huang, Sanjana Gopalakrishnan, Roberto Cao-Milán, Vincent M Rotello

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Article in Trends in chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Can nanozymes achieve more than enzymes?Nature reviews. Materials · 2026
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  2. Exploring New Bioorthogonal Catalysts: Scaffold Diversity in Catalysis for Chemical Biology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  5. Modular Fabrication of Bioorthogonal Nanozymes for Biomedical Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024
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  12. Bioorthogonal nanozymes for breast cancer imaging and therapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xianzhi ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Rui HuangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Sanjana GopalakrishnanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Roberto Cao-MilánDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Vincent M RotelloDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Engineered Polymer Nanoemulsions for Treatment of Wound Biofilm InfectionsR01AI134770 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Robin Patel, VINCENT M. ROTELLO · 2018 to 2026
$3.5M
Targeting of Bio-orthogonal Chemotherapeutic Nanozymes to Tumor-Associated MacrophagesR01EB022641 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ROTELLO, VINCENT M. · 2017 to 2024
$3.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134770NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioorthogonal nanocatalysts in the form of 'nanozymes', are promising tools for generating imaging and therapeutic molecules in living systems. These systems use transformations developed by synthetic chemists to effect transformations that cannot be performed by cellular machinery. This emerging platform is rapidly evolving towards the creation of smart nanodevices featuring the capabilities of their enzyme prototypes, modulating catalytic activity through structure as well as chemical and physical signals. Here we describe different strategies to fabricate these nanocatalysts and their potential in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

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Bioorthogonal chemistrycatalysisimagingnanomedicinenanoparticlesnanozyme

Identifiers

PMID34095799
PMCPMC8177485
OpenAlexW2922133025

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