An Overview of Methods and Tools for Transfection of Eukaryotic Cells in vitro

A Fus-Kujawa, P Prus, K Bajdak-Rusinek… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Transfection is a powerful analytical tool enabling studies of gene products and functions in
eukaryotic cells. Successful delivery of genetic material into cells depends on DNA quantity …

Cationic liposomes as vectors for nucleic acid and hydrophobic drug therapeutics

KK Ewert, P Scodeller, L Simón-Gracia, VM Steffes… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cationic liposomes (CLs) are effective carriers of a variety of therapeutics. Their applications
as vectors of nucleic acids (NAs), from long DNA and mRNA to short interfering RNA …

Appraisal for the potential of viral and nonviral vectors in gene therapy: A review

MH Butt, M Zaman, A Ahmad, R Khan, TH Mallhi… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, gene therapy has gained immense importance in medical
research as a promising treatment strategy for diseases such as cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments of liposomes as nanocarriers for theranostic applications

H Xing, K Hwang, Y Lu - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Liposomes are nanocarriers comprised of lipid bilayers encapsulating an aqueous core. The
ability of liposomes to encapsulate a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic agents has …

Nanotechnology-based approaches in anticancer research

NR Jabir, S Tabrez, GM Ashraf, S Shakil… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is a highly complex disease to understand, because it entails multiple cellular
physiological systems. The most common cancer treatments are restricted to chemotherapy …

Engineering liposomal nanoparticles for targeted gene therapy

C Zylberberg, K Gaskill, S Pasley, S Matosevic - Gene therapy, 2017 - nature.com
Recent mechanistic studies have attempted to deepen our understanding of the process by
which liposome-mediated delivery of genetic material occurs. Understanding the …

Cationic lipids for gene delivery: Many players, one goal

F Ponti, M Campolungo, C Melchiori, N Bono… - Chemistry and physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lipid-based carriers represent the most widely used alternative to viral vectors for gene
expression and gene silencing purposes. This class of non-viral vectors is particularly …

Designing DNA nanodevices for compatibility with the immune system of higher organisms

S Surana, AR Shenoy, Y Krishnan - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
DNA is proving to be a powerful scaffold to construct molecularly precise designer DNA
devices. Recent trends reveal their ever-increasing deployment within living systems as …

Advances with lipid-based nanosystems for siRNA delivery to breast cancers

MA Subhan, N Filipczak, VP Torchilin - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women. Breast cancer is also
the key reason for worldwide cancer-related deaths among women. The application of small …

A review on cationic lipids with different linkers for gene delivery

D Zhi, Y Bai, J Yang, S Cui, Y Zhao, H Chen… - Advances in colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cationic lipids have become known as one of the most versatile tools for the delivery of
DNA, RNA and many other therapeutic molecules, and are especially attractive because …