Publications

[2025]

19. Jin Young Heo, Min Kyung Sung, Seonhye Jang, Hansol Kim, Youngdo Jeong, Dong-Jin Jang, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim* and Sung Tae Kim*, Surface Functionalized Polyhydroxyalkanoate Nanoparticles via SpyTag–SpyCatcher System for Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment, Pharmaceutics, 2025, 17, 721

18. Min Kyung Sung, Jin Young Heo, Seonhye Jang, Hansol Kim, Youngdo Jeong, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim* and Sung Tae Kim*,SpyTag/SpyCatcher-ligated nanostructured lipid carriers for active mammary cancer targeting, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 2025, In press   

17. Seonhye Jang, Heejin Jun, Soomin Eom, Sheng Zhao, Niren Murthy*, Sebyung Kang * and Hansol Kim*, EGFR Affibody and PEG functionalized protein nanoparticles: Sustaining targeting and macrophage evasion, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2025, 307, 4, 142167

[2024]

16. Eom, S., Jun, H., Kim, E., Kim, D., Kim, H.*, and Kang, S.*, Developing Porous Protein Cage Nanoparticles as Cargo-loadable and Ligand-displayable Modular Delivery Nanoplatforms. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 58464-58476 

15. SY Kim, D Guk, Y Jeong, E Kim, H Kim, ST Kim*, Engineered Hybrid Vesicles and Cellular Internalization in Mammary Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics, 2024, 16(4), 440.

14. E Kim, H Kim, DJ Jang, SB Kim, ST Kim*,  Micronized dry emulsion with solid nanocore: A novel strategy to incorporate a large amount of ceramides. J. Ind. Eng. Chem, 2024,  135, 596-602.

[2023]

13.  J. Y. Oh, E.K. An, B. Jana, H. Kim, S. Jin, G. Yang, J. Kim, E. Choi,* J.-O Jin,* J.-H. Ryu* Antibody Plug-and-Playable Nanoparticles as a facile and versatile platform for targeted drug delivery. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 470, 144357 

[2022]

12. Jun, H.,# Jang, E.,# Kim, H.,# Yeo, M., Park, S. G., Lee, J., Shin, K. J., Chae, Y. C. Kang, S.,* and Kim, E.* TRAIL & EGFR Affibody Dual-display on a Protein Cage Nanoparticle Synergistically Suppresses Tumor Growth. J. Control. Release, 2022, 349, 367-378.

# Equal contribution to this work

[2021]

11. Li, J., Tuma, J., Han, H., Kim, H., Wilson, R., Lee, H.Y.* & Murthy, N.* The Coiled-Coil Forming Peptide (KVSALKE)5 is A Cell Penetrating Peptide that Enhances the Intracellular Delivery of Proteins. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021, p.2102118.

10. Kim, H., Jin, S., Choi, H., Kang, M., Park, SG., Jun, H., Cho, H.,* and Kang, S.* Target-switchable Gd(III)-DOTA/protein cage nanoparticle conjugates with multiple targeting affibody molecules as target selective T1 contrast agents for high-field MRI. J. Control. Release, 2021, 335, 269-280.

[2019]

9. Kim, H., Choi, H., Bae, Y., and Kang, S.* Development of Target-Tunable P22 VLP-Based Delivery Nanoplatforms Using Bacterial Superglue. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2019, 116, 2843-2851. *Editor's Choice Article

[2018]

8. Oh, J. Y,# Kim, H.,# Palanikumar, L.,# Go, E. M., Jana, B., Park, S. A., Kim, H. Y., Kim, K., Seo, J. K., Kwak, S. K., Kim, C.,* Kang, S.,* and Ryu, J-H.* Cloaking Nanoparticles with Protein Corona Shield for Targeted Drug Delivery. Nat. Comm., 2018, 9, 4548.

# Equal contribution to this work

7. Choi, B., Kim, H., Choi, H., and Kang, S.* Protein Cage Nanoparticles as Delivery Nanoplatforms. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2018, 1064, 27-43.

6. Bae, Y., Kim, G.J., Kim, H., Park, S.G., Jung, H.S., and Kang, S.* Engineering Tunable Dual Functional Protein Cage Nanoparticles using Bacterial Superglue. Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19, 2896-2904.

[2016]

5. Moon, H., Bae, Y., Kim, H. and Kang, S.* Plug-and-Playable Fluorescent Cell Imaging Modular Toolkits Using the Bacterial Superglue, SpyTag/SpyCatcher. Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 14051-14054.

4. Kim, H.,# Kang, Y. J.,# Min, J., Choi, H. and Kang, S.* Development of an Antibody-binding Modular Nanoplatform for Antibody-guided Targeted Cell Imaging and Delivery. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 19208-19213. 

# Equal contribution

3. Min, J.,# Song, E. K.,# Kim, H., Kim, K. T., Park, T. J. and Kang, S., A Recombinant Secondary Antibody Mimic as a Target-specific Signal Amplifier and an Antibody Immobilizer in Immunoassays. Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 24159.

[2015]

2. Song, Y. K.,# Kang, Y. J.,# Jung, H., Kim, H., Kang, S. and Cho, H. J., Lumazine Synthase Protein Nanoparticle-Gd(III)-DOTA Conjugate as a T1 contrast agent for high-field MRI. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 15656.

[2014]

1. Moon, H., Lee, J., Kim, H., Heo, S., Min, J. and Kang, S., Genetically Engineering Encapsulin Protein Cage Nanoparticle as a SCC-7 Cell Targeting Optical Nanoprobe. Biomater. Res., 2014, 18,21.