Intracellular organelle-targeted non-viral gene delivery systems

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-109

  Won, Young Wook ^a   Lim, Kwang Suk ^a   Kim, Yong Hee ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytoplasm targeting; Gene therapy; Mitochondria targeting; Non viral carrier; Nuclear targeting

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC POLYMERS; CELLULAR UPTAKE; CYTOPLASM TARGETING; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXTRACELLULAR; GENE CARRIER; GENE DELIVERY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; INTRACELLULAR SPACES; NON-VIRAL CARRIER; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; NONVIRAL; NUCLEAR TARGETING; REDUCIBLE SYSTEMS;

CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; LIPOSOMES; MITOCHONDRIA; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERS;

GENE THERAPY;

ACRIDINE; LIPOSOME; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE; POLY(AMIDOETHYLENIMINE); POLY(DISULFIDE AMINE); POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONJUGATION; CYTOPLASM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACRIDINES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; ORGANELLES; POLYAMINES; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

EID: 79958091468     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.01.013     Document Type: Review

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