Extracellular barriers to in vivo PEI and PEGylated PEI polyplex-mediated gene delivery to the liver

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 693-704

  Burke, Rob S ^a   Pun, Suzie H ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; GENE THERAPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GENE DELIVERY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; PEGYLATED; POLYPLEXES; SERUM PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY; VIRAL GENES;

GENE TRANSFER;

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

MUS;

EID: 41149086686     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc700388u     Document Type: Article

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