Revisit the complexation of PEI and DNA - How to make low cytotoxic and highly efficient PEI gene transfection non-viral vectors with a controllable chain length and structure?

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Deng, Rui ^a   Yue, Yanan ^a   Jin, Fan ^a   Chen, Yangchao ^a   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^a   Lin, Marie C M ^b   Wu, Chi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chain structure; Disulfide; Gene delivery; Laser light scattering; Polyethyleneimine

Indexed keywords

CHAIN STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE; GENE DELIVERY; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; LASERS; MOLAR MASS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA; FORMAZANS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SUCCINIMIDES; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 70349820287     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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