Main-chain degradable single-chain cyclized polymers as gene delivery vectors

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 244, Issue , 2016, Pages 375-383

  Gao, Yongsheng ^a,c   Böhmer, Verena I ^a,b,c   Zhou, Dezhong ^a   Zhao, Tianyu ^a   Wang, Wenxin ^a   Paulusse, Jos M J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degradability; Gene delivery; Polymer nanoparticles; Radical ring opening polymerization; Single chain technology

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; CYCLIZATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOMERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEGRADABILITY; GENE DELIVERY; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; RADICAL RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SINGLE CHAINS;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

DISULFIDE; MONOMER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADDITION REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION; DILUTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RING OPENING; 3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; MOUSE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84995685301     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.07.046     Document Type: Article

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