Modified poly(propylene imine) dendrimers as effective transfection agents for catalytic DNA enzymes (DNAzymes)

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-86

  Tack, Frederik ^a   Bakker, Annette ^b   Maes, Sophie ^b   Dekeyser, Nathalie ^b   Bruining, Monique ^c   Elissen Roman, Cristina ^c   Janicot, Michel ^b   Brewster, Marcus ^c   Janssen, Henk M ^d   De Waal, B F M ^d   Fransen, P M ^d   Lou, X ^d   Meijer, E W ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Oncology Discovery Research   (Belgium)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d SyMO Chem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular toxicity; DNA enzymes; Gene transfection agents; Poly(propylene imine) dendrimers

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; DEOXYRIBOZYME; GALLIC ACID; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYL IODIDE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENEIMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA, CATALYTIC; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG STABILITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33645863164     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860600635665     Document Type: Article

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