Integrated microfluidic devices for the synthesis of nanoscale liposomes and lipoplexes

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 152, Issue , 2017, Pages 406-413

  Balbino, Tiago A ^a,b   Serafin, Juliana M ^a   Radaic, Allan ^a   de Jesus, Marcelo B ^a   de la Torre, Lucimara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene delivery; Lipoplexes; Liposomes; Microfluidics; Nanocarriers

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; LIPOSOMES;

GENE DELIVERY; INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDICS; LIPOPLEXES; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; NANO-CARRIERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

MICROFLUIDICS;

DNA; LIPOPLEX; LIPOSOME; NANOCARRIER; PDNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE RATIO; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; MALE; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

DNA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; LIPOSOMES; MICROFLUIDICS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 85011041190     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.01.030     Document Type: Article

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