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            Figure 10. Coordination environments of natural Mn-SOD (A) and catalase (B). (C) Chemical structure of the biomimetic nanocatalyst. (D) Zn(COO)   4
            metal node and MnTCPP  in the nanocatalyst. (E) Layered structure of the nanocatalyst. (F) Antiarthritic mechanism of the biomimetic nanocatalyst.
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            Reproduced with permission from Yang et al.  Copyright © 2022, Nature Publishing Group.
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            stress is a key pathogenic factor of osteoporosis, which   by  osteoblasts,  leading  to  osteoporosis.   Current  anti-
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            initiates the overactivation of osteoclasts to secrete a large   osteoporosis drugs, such as Vitamin D, alendronate sodium,
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            amount of acidic substance (lactic acid and citric acid) and   and zoledronic acid, cannot scavenge ROS efficiently,  and
            form an acidic microenvironment subsequently (pH ≈ 4.5),   they only present insufficient therapeutic efficacy. 193
            degrading bone into Ca .     If  osteoblasts  cannot   A recent study reported that Prussian blue nanoparticles
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            mineralize these Ca  efficiently into bone tissue, the bone   can be used for delaying osteoporosis.  This nanocatalyst
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            resorption by osteoclasts will exceed bone regeneration   can trigger catalytic ROS-scavenging reactions to normalize
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