Non-viral gene delivery strategies for gene therapy: A "ménage à trois" among nucleic acids, materials, and the biological environment: Stimuli-responsive gene delivery vectors

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Pezzoli, Daniele ^a   Candiani, Gabriele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cationic lipid; Cationic polymer; Hydrolyzable; Non viral gene delivery; pH sensitive; Redox sensitive; Stimuli responsive; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION; VECTORS;

CATIONIC LIPIDS; CATIONIC POLYMERS; HYDROLYZABLE; NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY; PH SENSITIVE; REDOX SENSITIVES; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; TRANSFECTION;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

1,2 BIS(OLEOLOXY) 3 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)PROPANE; AMMONIA; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CATION; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER; RIBOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENDOSOME; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84874010329     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1523-7     Document Type: Review

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