Dendritic and lipid-based carriers for gene/siRNA delivery (a review)

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 310-322

  Sheikhi Mehrabadi, Fatemeh ^a   Fischer, Wiebke ^a   Haag, Rainer ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic carrier; Lipid based carrier; Lipoplex; Polyplex; siRNA delivery

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; GENES; LIPOSOMES; RNA;

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; DENDRITIC CARRIER; GENE TRANSFECTION; LIPOPLEXES; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; NONVIRAL VECTORS; POLYPLEXES; SIRNA DELIVERY;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 84875261739     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2013.01.003     Document Type: Review

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