Current status of gene delivery: Spotlight on nanomaterial-polymer hybrids

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 648-666

  Park, Juhee ^a   Kim, Won Jong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cationic polymers; Gene delivery; Hybrid materials; Nanomaterials; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

3 (TRIHYDROXYSILYL)PROPYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; ALLYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; AZETIDINE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHITOSAN; DENDRIMER; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; IRON OXIDE; METHYLATED N (4 PYRIDINYLMETHYL)CHITOSAN; NANODIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL; PDNA; POLY(2 HYDROXYETHYL ASPARTAMIDE); POLY(3,4 EHTYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYL AMMONIUMCHLORIDE); POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM); POLY(SODIUM 4 STYRENESULFATE); POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOMA CELL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GWIZ IL 10 GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS;

EID: 84864574882     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1061186X.2012.704634     Document Type: Review

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