The role of the disulfide group in disulfide-based polymeric gene carriers

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-439

  Lin, Chao ^a   Engbersen, Johan F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioreducible polymer; Cationic polymer; Disulfide; Gene carrier; Gene delivery; Gene delivery barrier

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DISULFIDE; DNA; DRUG CARRIER; POLY(2 DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(BETA AMINO ESTER); POLY(ETHYLENIMINE SULFIDE); POLY[LYSINE (AEDTP)]; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOTOXICITY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA BINDING; ENDOSOME; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

CATIONS; DISULFIDES; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; POLYMERS;

EID: 67649135738     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425240902878010     Document Type: Review

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