Micelle-like nanoparticles as carriers for DNA and siRNA

G Navarro, J Pan, VP Torchilin - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2015 - ACS Publications
Gene therapy represents a potential efficient approach of disease prevention and therapy.
However, due to their poor in vivo stability, gene molecules need to be associated with …

Recent progress in gene therapy to deliver nucleic acids with multivalent cationic vectors

E Junquera, E Aicart - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the potential use as transfecting agents of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA), multivalent
cationic non-viral vectors have received special attention in the last decade. Much effort has …

Cationic lipids as transfecting agents of DNA in gene therapy

E Junquera, E Aicart - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The use of cationic lipids (CLs) as transfecting agents of DNA has received an increasing
attention in the last two decades. In order to improve the transfection efficiency with lower …

RGD-based active targeting of novel polycation liposomes bearing siRNA for cancer treatment

N Yonenaga, E Kenjo, T Asai, A Tsuruta… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
For the purpose of systemic delivery of siRNA, we previously developed polycation
liposomes (PCLs) containing dicetylphosphate-tetraethylenepentamine (DCP-TEPA) as an …

Organic nanocarriers for delivery and targeting of therapeutic agents for cancer treatment

Y Peng, J Bariwal, V Kumar, C Tan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocarriers have the capability to deliver a variety of drugs to disease sites. Different
biological barriers prevent the successful delivery of nanoformulations to target sites …

Hydrophobically modified dendrons: developing structure− activity relationships for DNA binding and gene transfection

SP Jones, NP Gabrielson, CH Wong… - Molecular …, 2011 - ACS Publications
This paper develops a structure− activity relationship understanding of the way in which
surfactant-like dendrons with hydrophilic spermine surface groups and a variety of lipophilic …

[HTML][HTML] Innovations in liposomal DDS technology and its application for the treatment of various diseases

N Oku - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Liposomes have been widely used as drug carriers in the field of drug delivery systems
(DDS), and they are thought to be ideal nano-capsules for targeting DDS after being injected …

Covalent functionalization of graphene sheets for plasmid DNA delivery: experimental and theoretical study

M Assali, N Kittana, I Badran, S Omari - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Several approaches, including plasmid transfection and viral vectors, were used to deliver
genes into cells for therapeutic and experimental purposes. However, due to the limited …

Dicetyl phosphate-tetraethylenepentamine-based liposomes for systemic siRNA delivery

T Asai, S Matsushita, E Kenjo, T Tsuzuku… - Bioconjugate …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Dicetyl phosphate-tetraethylenepentamine (DCP-TEPA) conjugate was newly synthesized
and formed into liposomes for efficient siRNA delivery. Formulation of DCP-TEPA-based …

Phospholipid-modified polyethylenimine-based nanopreparations for siRNA–mediated gene silencing: Implications for transfection and the role of lipid components

G Navarro, S Essex, RR Sawant, S Biswas… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
The clinical application of gene silencing mediated by small interfering RNA (siRNA) has
been limited by the lack of efficient and safe carriers. Phospholipid modification of low …