pH Triggered Size Increasing Gene Carrier for Efficient Tumor Accumulation and Excellent Antitumor Effect

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 15297-15306

  Guo, Zhaopei ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a   Lin, Lin ^a   Guan, Xiuwen ^c   Sun, Pingjie ^a   Chen, Meiwan ^b   Tian, Huayu ^a   Chen, Xuesi ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

gene carriers; PEI; polyglutamic acid; shielding; zwitterionic

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; EFFICIENCY; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHERIMIDES; SHIELDING; TUMORS;

ANTITUMOR EFFECT; GENE CARRIER; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACIDS; SERUM RESISTANCE; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY; TUMOR ACCUMULATION; ZWITTERIONIC;

GENE THERAPY;

MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH;

GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 85019266839     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02734     Document Type: Article

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