Efficient delivery of plasmid DNA using cholesterol-based cationic lipids containing polyamines and ether linkages

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 7293-7312

  Kim, Bieong Kil ^a,b   Seu, Young Bae ^a   Bae, Yun Ui ^b   Kwak, Tae Won ^a   Kang, Hyungu ^a   Moon, Ik Jae ^c   Hwang, Guen Bae ^a   Park, So Young ^b   Doh, Kyung Oh ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c WelGENE Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cationic lipids; Cholesterol; Cyanoethylation; Gene delivery; Macropinocytosis; Transfection

Indexed keywords

2 CYANOETHYL 3-AMINOPROPYL O BETA CHOLESTEROL ETHER 5 AND DI 2 CYANOETHYL 3 AMINOPROPYL O BETA CHOLESTEROL ETHER 8; 2 CYANOETHYL O BETA CHOLESTEROL ETHER 2; 3 BETA CHOLEST 5 EN 3 YL N (3 AMINOPROPYL) CARBAMATE; CHOLESTEROL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PLASMID DNA; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATION; DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PINOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ZETA POTENTIAL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHOLESTEROL; COS CELLS; DNA; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84899655570     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15057293     Document Type: Article

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