Sterically stabilized BGTC-based lipoplexes: Structural features and gene transfection into the mouse airways in vivo

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 478-487

  Pitard, Bruno ^a,e   Oudrhiri, Noufissa ^b   Lambert, Olivier ^c   Vivien, Eric ^b   Masson, Christophe ^a   Wetzer, Barbara ^a   Hauchecorne, Michelle ^b   Scherman, Daniel ^a   Rigaud, Jean Louis ^c   Vigneron, Jean Pierre ^d   Lehn, Jean Marie ^d   Lehn, Pierre ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

BGTC; Colloidal stability; Guanidinium cholesterol; In vivo transfection; Lipoplexes; PEG; Structural features; Synthetic vectors

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE; 1,2-DIOLEOYL-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE; 3 (N(4) (N(1),N(8) DIGUANIDINOSPERMIDINE)CARBAMOYL)CHOLESTEROL; 3-(N(4)-(N(1),N(8)-DIGUANIDINOSPERMIDINE)CARBAMOYL)CHOLESTEROL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL 3 ACETATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL 3-ACETATE; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; GUANIDINES; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0011797006     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.211     Document Type: Article

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