Revisiting of properties and modified polyethylenimine-based cancer gene delivery systems

N Mohammadi, N Fayazi Hosseini, H Nemati… - Biochemical …, 2024 - Springer
A new era of medical technology in cancer treatment is a directly specific modification of
gene expression in tumor cells by nucleic acid delivery. Currently, the main challenge to …

Hydrophobic and hydrophilic modifications of polyethylenimine towards gene delivery applications

A Linsha Mali, SS Priya… - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐viral gene delivery has emerged as a promising approach for therapy in cancer
treatment. Polyethylenimine (PEI) is a prominent transfecting agent, but due to toxicity and …

PEI and its derivatives for gene therapy

KCR Bahadur, H Uludağ - Polymers and nanomaterials for gene therapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Polyethyleneimine (PEI) is a cationic polymer used as a gold standard in non-viral gene
delivery. The extraordinary cationic charge and buffering capacity of the PEI has been …

Novel polyethylenimine-derived nanoparticles for in vivo gene delivery

S Patnaik, KC Gupta - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Branched and linear polyethylenimines (PEIs) are cationic polymers that have
been used to deliver nucleic acids both in vitro and in vivo. Owing to the high cationic …

Design and gene delivery activity of modified polyethylenimines

R Kircheis, L Wightman, E Wagner - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
The polycation polyethylenimine (PEI) has recently been widely employed for the design of
DNA delivery vehicles. Gene delivery using PEI involves condensation of DNA into compact …

[HTML][HTML] Amino acid-modified polyethylenimines with enhanced gene delivery efficiency and biocompatibility

QF Zhang, CR Luan, DX Yin, J Zhang, YH Liu, Q Peng… - Polymers, 2015 - mdpi.com
The development of gene delivery vectors with high efficiency and biocompatibility is one of
the key points of gene therapy. A series of polycations were prepared from polyethylenimine …

Polyethylenimine: A versatile, multifunctional non-viral vector for nucleic acid delivery

AP Pandey, KK Sawant - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2016 - Elsevier
Polyethylenimine (PEI) has recently been widely studied for the design of nucleic acid
delivery vehicles. Gene delivery using PEI involves condensation of DNA into compact …

Targeted polymeric gene delivery for anti-angiogenic tumor therapy

WJ Kim, SW Kim - Macromolecular Research, 2007 - Springer
Gene therapy has become a promising strategy for the treatment of genetically based
diseases, such as cancer, which are currently considered incurable. A major obstacle in the …

Polyethylenimine-based nanocarriers in co-delivery of drug and gene: a developing horizon

A Zakeri, MAJ Kouhbanani… - Nano reviews & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The meaning of gene therapy is the delivery of DNA or RNA to cells for the treatment or
prevention of genetic disorders. The success rate of gene therapy depends on the …

Cationic copolymers nanoparticles for nonviral gene vectors: Synthesis, characterization, and application in gene delivery

GG d'Ayala, A Calarco, M Malinconico… - … Research Part A, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The major aim of nonviral delivery systems for gene therapy is to mediate high levels of
gene expression with low toxicity. Nowadays, one of the most successful synthetic …