Table 2.
Chemical modification of phage-based nanocarriers.
Cargo | Nanocarrier | Chemical agent | Target | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green fluorescent protein [GFP] encoding gene | Phage lambda | Human holotransferrin | Human 293T cell line | [149] |
Fluorescence dye | HK97 phages | Transferrin | HeLa and HT-29 tumor cells | [150] |
Nanoparticles, chemotherapeutic drugs, siRNA cocktails, and protein | MS2 | SP94 peptide | Human hepatocellular carcinoma | [71] |
Doxorubicin [DOX] | M13-polymer hybrid | Folate | KB cells | [151] |
Fluorophore | Phage lambda | Transferrin | HeLa cells | [152] |
GFP expression cassette | M13 | Transferrin | Human AGS cell line | [153] |
Fluorescent dye | MS2 | Aptamer | Jurkat T cells | [69] |
Photodynamic agents | MS2 | Aptamer | Jurkat T cells | [72] |