Uptake pathways and subsequent intracellular trafficking in nonviral gene delivery

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-45

  Khalil, Ikramy A ^a,b   Kogure, Kentaro ^a,b   Akita, Hidetaka ^a,b   Harashima, Hideyoshi ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; BAFILOMYCIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLATHRIN; CYTOCHALASIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; FILIPIN; GENISTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPLEX; LIPOSOME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; METHYLAMINE; MONENSIN; NYSTATIN; PENETRATIN; PHORBOL ESTER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; POLYPLEX; PROTEIN VP22; STREPTOLYSIN O; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CAVEOLA; CELL FATE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LIPID RAFT; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; POLYMERS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33644593889     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.58.1.8     Document Type: Review

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