Chitosan-graft-polyethylenimine/DNA nanoparticles as novel non-viral gene delivery vectors targeting osteoarthritis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Huading ^a   Dai, Yuhu ^a   Lv, Lulu ^a   Zhao, Huiqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHITOSAN; CHONDROCYTES; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NANOPARTICLES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RABBITS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84894231121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084703     Document Type: Article

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