Activation of the complement system by synthetic DNA complexes: A potential barrier for intravenous gene delivery

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1437-1446

  Plank, Christian ^a   Mechtler, Karl ^b   Szoka Jr , Francis C ^a   Wagner, Ernst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DENDRIMER; LIPID; LIPOSOME; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

EID: 0029789793     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1996.7.12-1437     Document Type: Article

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