Maltose- and maltotriose-modified, hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine)s (OM-PEIs): Physicochemical and biological properties of DNA and siRNA complexes

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-158

  Höbel, Sabrina ^a   Loos, Andrea ^b   Appelhans, Dietmar ^b   Schwarz, Simona ^b   Seidel, Jürgen ^c   Voit, Brigitte ^b   Aigner, Achim ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Gene targeting; Maltose grafting; PEI; Poly(ethylene imine); RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

GENE DELIVERY; GENE TARGETING; PEI; POLY(ETHYLENEIMINE); RNAI; SIRNA;

DNA; ETHYLENE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MALTOSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; THERMODYNAMICS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

RNA;

DNA; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; DRUG CARRIERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMINES; LUCIFERASES; MALTOSE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYETHYLENES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 78651376884     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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