In vitro cytotoxicity testing of polycations: Influence of polymer structure on cell viability and hemolysis

Biomaterials

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1121-1131

  Fischer, Dagmar ^a   Li, Youxin ^b   Ahlemeyer, Barbara ^a   Krieglstein, Josef ^a   Kissel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Schwarz Pharma AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hemolysis; In vitro cytotoxicity testing; L929 fibroblasts; Polycation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; ENZYMES; GENES; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; WATER;

GENE DELIVERY SYSTEMS;

TOXICITY;

CASPASE INHIBITOR; DEXTRAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); POLY(ETHYLENIMINE); POLY(VINYLPYRIDINIUM BROMIDE); POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEMOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HEMOLYSIS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; POLYAMINES; POLYMERS;

EID: 0346634895     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00445-3     Document Type: Article

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