Dendrimers for siRNA delivery

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-183

  Biswas, Swati ^a   Torchilin, Vladimir P ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Dendrimer; siRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; DENDRIMER; MICRORNA; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYMER; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUGATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENCAPSULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84873657886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph6020161     Document Type: Review

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