Microfluidic devices for continuous production of pDNA/cationic liposome complexes for gene delivery and vaccine therapy

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-210

  Balbino, Tiago Albertini ^a   Azzoni, Adriano Rodrigues ^b   De la Torre, Lucimara Gaziola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; DNA; Gene delivery; Microfluidics; Micromixer

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC LIPOSOMES; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; GENE DELIVERY; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING;

COMPLEXATION; DNA; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; PROBES; VACCINES;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

CATIONIC LIPOSOME; LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATION; DNA;

ARTICLE; BULK MIXING METHOD; CELL STRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA PROBE; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANODEVICE; NANOMEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERAPY; VACCINE THERAPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PLASMID; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATIONS; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ACTIVE; LIPOSOMES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMIDS; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84879744585     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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