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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Biomedical Applications of Nanozymes: An Enzymology Perspective.

Vasily G Panferov, Xiaohan Zhang, Ka-Ying Wong, Jung Heon Lee, Juewen Liu

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Metal-Organic Framework Multizyme Colloids with Joint Antioxidant and Protease Function.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
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  8. Hollow CuAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Atomically Precise Clusterzymes: A Programmable Optoelectronic Platform for Neuroscience.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Vasily G Panferov *Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Xiaohan Zhang *Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Ka-Ying WongDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Jung Heon LeeSchool of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.
Juewen LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5918-9336

Funding

AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral FellowshipCanada Research ChairsChina Scholarship CouncilInnovation and Technology Commission - Hong KongNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanozymes are catalytic nanomaterials that transform enzyme substrates into their corresponding products, offering enhanced stability and a cost-effective alternative to traditional enzymes. As nanomaterials, they possess unique physicochemical properties and catalytic mechanisms distinct from those of enzymes. Such differences have profound, yet often neglected, implications in biomedical applications. In the context of enzymology, this review compares nanozymes and enzymes, with a focus on redox reactions. This review begins with the classification of nanozymes based on the types of reactions they catalyze, with the ability to exhibit multiple catalytic activities being a prevalent characteristic. The use of the Michaelis-Menten model for both enzymes and nanozymes is discussed in detail, and the Michaelis constant, maximum reaction rate, and turnover number values are compared. The performance of nanozymes in crowded environments and under extreme conditions is also compared to that of enzymes. We discuss the kinetic factors influencing nanozyme performance, the impact of active site shielding, and the activity under non-physiological conditions. We then compiled recent trends in the biomedical applications of nanozymes, focusing on both the production and scavenging of reactive oxygen species. This review links fundamental enzymology to nanozyme catalysis, providing a key reference for the rational use of nanozymes.

Indexed as

EnzymesNanostructuresBiocatalysisCatalysisHumansKineticsOxidation-ReductionReactive Oxygen SpeciesEnzymesReactive Oxygen SpeciesBiosensorsCatalysisDrug deliveryKineticsNanozymes

Identifiers

PMID40947632
PMCPMC12603999

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