Size-dependent gene delivery of amine-modified silica nanoparticles

M Yu, Y Niu, J Zhang, H Zhang, Y Yang, E Taran… - Nano Research, 2016 - Springer
Silica-based nanoparticles are promising carriers for gene delivery applications. To gain
insights into the effect of particle size on gene transfection efficiency, amine-modified …

The shape and size effects of polycation functionalized silica nanoparticles on gene transfection

X Lin, N Zhao, P Yan, H Hu, FJ Xu - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Silica nanoparticles are attractive candidates for the development of safe and efficient non-
viral gene carriers, owing to their controlled morphologies, potential of facile surface …

Cationic silica nanoparticles as gene carriers: synthesis, characterization and transfection efficiency in vitro and in vivo

MNV Kumar, M Sameti, SS Mohapatra… - … of nanoscience and …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
The potential of cationic SiO2 nanoparticles was investigated for in vivo gene transfer in this
study. Cationic SiO2 nanoparticles with surface modification were generated using amino …

Recent advances in the rational design of silica-based nanoparticles for gene therapy

Y Niu, A Popat, M Yu, S Karmakar, W Gu… - Therapeutic Delivery, 2012 - Future Science
Gene therapy has attracted much attention in modern society and provides a promising
approach for treating genetic disorders, diseases and cancers. Safe and effective vectors …

Rambutan-like silica nanoparticles at tailored particle sizes for plasmid DNA delivery

E Hines, D Cheng, W Wu, M Yu, C Xu, H Song… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have attracted widespread attention as biocompatible and
efficient nanocarriers for gene delivery. The physicochemical properties of SNPs such as …

Thinking of silica

D Luo, WM Saltzman - Gene therapy, 2006 - nature.com
We have known for a while that silica is a promising candidate gene delivery vector. New in
vivo data from Dhruba Bharali and co-workers raise the hopes a notch for such approaches …

Biodegradable nano-organosilica gene carrier for high-efficiency gene transfection

K Zeng, L Ma, W Yang, S Lei, M Wang, Y You… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Finding and exploiting safe and high-efficiency gene carriers have always been critical tasks
for gene therapy. In this work, novel GSH-triggered degradable organosilica nanoparticles …

[HTML][HTML] Silica-based gene delivery systems: From design to therapeutic applications

AM Carvalho, RA Cordeiro, H Faneca - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Advances in gene therapy have been foreshadowing its potential for the treatment of a vast
range of diseases involving genetic malfunctioning. However, its therapeutic efficiency and …

Silica nanoparticle is a possible safe carrier for gene therapy

Z Xue, D Liang, Y Li, Z Long, Q Pan, X Liu, L Wu… - Chinese Science …, 2005 - Springer
In order to develop a safe and effective gene therapy carrier, some toxicological and
biodynamical experiments were carried out on silica nanoparticles (SiNPs). First we …

A novel gene carrier based on amino-modified silica nanoparticles

X He, K Wang, W Tan, B Liu, X Lin, S Huang, D Li… - Chinese Science …, 2003 - Springer
Uniform-sized amino-modified silica nanoparticles have been prepared by the controlled
synchronous hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and N-(β-amimoethyl)-γ …