Dexamethasone-conjugated polyethylenimine as an efficient gene carrier with an anti-apoptotic effect to cardiomyocytes

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-522

  Kim, Hyunjung ^a   Kim, Hyun Ah ^a   Bae, Yun Mi ^b   Choi, Joon Sig ^b   Lee, Minhyung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Gene carrier; Heme oxygenase 1; Hydrogen peroxide; Polyethylenimine

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE CONJUGATED POLYETHYLENEIMINE; DRUG CARRIER; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUCIFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIAPOPTOTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; ISCHEMIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTHESIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 65949101881     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1320     Document Type: Article

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