Galactosylated chitosan-graft-polyethylenimine as a gene carrier for hepatocyte targeting

Gene Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1389-1398

  Jiang, H L ^a   Kwon, J T ^a   Kim, Y K ^a   Kim, E M ^b   Arote, R ^a   Jeong, H J ^b   Nah, J W ^c   Choi, Y J ^a   Akaike, T ^d   Cho, M H ^a   Cho, C S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; CHITOSAN; COPOLYMER; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; IMINE; PERIODATE; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; GALACTOSYLATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; CELL LINE; CHITOSAN; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; TARGETED GENE REPAIR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34548729745     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302997     Document Type: Article

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