Lipid nanoparticles as carriers for RNAi against viral infections: Current status and future perspectives

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Torrecilla, Josune ^a   Rodríguez Gascón, Alicia ^a   Solinís, María Ángeles ^a   Del Pozo Rodríguez, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLIPOSOME; LIPID; LIPID DRUG CONJUGATE; LIPOPLEX; LIPOSOME; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSTRUCTURED LIPID CARRIER; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOPLASM; EBOLA VIRUS; EMULSION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURFACE CHARGE; TARGET CELL; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; INFECTION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HIV; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIPIDS; NANOPARTICLES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84907462391     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/161794     Document Type: Review

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