Controlled gene delivery system based on thermosensitive biodegradable hydrogel

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 884-888

  Li, Zhenhua ^a   Ning, Wen ^b   Wang, Jumei ^c   Choi, Augustine ^b   Lee, Pui Yan ^a   Tyagi, Pradeep ^a   Huang, Leaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene transfection; PEG PLGA PEG; Thermosensitive polymer; Triblock copolymers; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; COPOLYMER; DNA; LUCIFERASE; POLY[ETHYLENE GLYCOL BLOCK (LACTIC ACID CO GLYCOLIC ACID) BLOCK ETHYLENE GLYCOL]; POLYLYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HYDROGELS; LACTATES; LUCIFERASES; MICE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; THERMODYNAMICS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038015498     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023887203111     Document Type: Article

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