Polyplexes based on cationic polymers with strong nucleic acid binding properties

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-466

  Varkouhi, Amir K ^a   Mountrichas, Grigoris ^b   Schiffelers, Raymond M ^a   Lammers, Twan ^a,c   Storm, Gert ^a   Pispas, Stergios ^b   Hennink, Wim E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delivery; Gene silencing; Plasmid DNA; Polymeric vectors; siRNA; Transfection

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; MACROGOL; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER; QUATERNIZED POLY[3,5 BIS(DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLENE) 4 HYDROXYL STYRENE]; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; METHACRYLATES; NYLONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STYRENES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84856301717     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: 18790720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2011.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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