DNA/polyethylenimine transfection particles: Influence of ligands, polymer size, and PEGylation on internalization and gene expression

AAPS PharmSci

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Ogris, Manfred ^a,b   Steinlein, Peter ^c   Carotta, Sebastian ^a   Brunner, Sylvia ^a   Wagner, Ernst ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Flow cytometry; Gene transfer; Poly(ethylene glyco); Polyethylenimine; Receptor mediated

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; LUCIFERASE; MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 18044400296     PISSN: 15221059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/ps030321     Document Type: Article

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