Gene transfer with three amphiphilic glycol chitosans - The degree of polymerisation is the main controller of transfection efficiency

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 527-539

  Uchegbu, Ijeoma F ^a   Sadiq, Lubna ^a   Pardakhty, Abbas ^a   El Hammadi, Mazen ^a   Gray, Alexander I ^a   Tetley, Laurence ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Zinselmeyer, Bernd H ^a,c   Schätzlein, Andreas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Gene delivery; Glycol chitosan; Glycol chitosan amphiphiles; In vivo gene delivery

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; AMPHOPHILE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHITOSAN; DENDRIMER; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GLYCOL; NAKED DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHITOSAN; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GLYCOLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 11444251886     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860400011943     Document Type: Article

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