Poly(β-amino ester)-nanoparticle mediated transfection of retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sunshine, Joel C ^a   Sunshine, Sarah B ^b   Bhutto, Imran ^b   Handa, James T ^b   Green, Jordan J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMYXIN B; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHOROID; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA NERVE CELL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; GENETIC THERAPY; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84861316754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037543     Document Type: Article

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