Toxicity pathway focused gene expression profiling of PEI-based polymers for pulmonary applications

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 727-737

  Beyerle, Andrea ^a,c   Irmler, Martin ^a   Beckers, Johannes ^a,b   Kissel, Thomas ^c   Stoeger, Tobias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression profiling; Inflammation; Poly(ethylene imine); Pulmonaryapplication; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROGOL; MESSENGER RNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRESS; CELL SWELLING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOSOME; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG TOXICITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VECTORS; IMINES; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENES; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77953303124     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp900278x     Document Type: Article

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