Flow cytometry for rapid size determination and sorting of nucleic acid containing nanoparticles in biological fluids

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-338

  van Gaal, E V B ^a   Spierenburg, G ^b   Hennink, W E ^a   Crommelin, D J A ^a,c   Mastrobattista, E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LYGATURE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DLS; Flow cytometry; Gene delivery; Nanoparticles; Size analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CYTOMETRY; GENE DELIVERY; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACID CONTAINING NANOPARTICLES; ON FLOW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SIDE SCATTERING; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE FRACTION; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES;

BODY FLUIDS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; DYNAMIC LOADS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

SCREENING;

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BODY FLUID; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FRACTIONATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOANALYSIS; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIDE SCATTERING INTENSITY;

BUFFERS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEPES; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75549084489     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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