Nonviral vectors for gene delivery

MA Mintzer, EE Simanek - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Gene therapy has gained significant attention over the past two decades as a potential
method for treating genetic disorders such as severe combined immunodeficiency, 1 cystic …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (amidoamine), polypropylenimine, and related dendrimers and dendrons possessing different 1→ 2 branching motifs: An overview of the divergent …

GR Newkome, CD Shreiner - Polymer, 2008 - Elsevier
This review presents an overview of 1→ 2 branched dendrimers and dendrons, created by a
divergent procedure, from their synthesis to modern day applications. The first members of …

Interaction of poly (amidoamine) dendrimers with supported lipid bilayers and cells: hole formation and the relation to transport

S Hong, AU Bielinska, A Mecke, B Keszler… - Bioconjugate …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We have investigated poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimer interactions with supported 1,
2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) lipid bilayers and KB and Rat2 cell …

Effect of solvent and pH on the structure of PAMAM dendrimers

PK Maiti, T Çaǧın, ST Lin, WA Goddard - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
We report various structural and conformational properties of generations 4, 5, and 6
PAMAM (polyamidoamine) dendrimer [EDA (ethylenediamine) core)] at various protonation …

Water-soluble, isolable gold clusters protected by tiopronin and coenzyme A monolayers

AC Templeton, S Chen, SM Gross, RW Murray - Langmuir, 1999 - ACS Publications
Isolable, water-soluble gold clusters protected by monolayers of tiopronin (tiopronin− MPCs)
or coenzyme A (CoA− MPCs) were synthesized by a procedure of comparable simplicity to …

Microscopic protonation equilibria of poly (amidoamine) dendrimers from macroscopic titrations

D Cakara, J Kleimann, M Borkovec - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
Poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers of generations G0, G1, G2, G3, G4, and G6 are
investigated by potentiometric (acid− base) titrations. The data are interpreted with a site …

The lower-generation polypropylenimine dendrimers are effective gene-transfer agents

BH Zinselmeyer, SP Mackay, AG Schatzlein… - Pharmaceutical …, 2002 - Springer
Objective. To evaluate polypropylenimine dendrimers (generations 1-5: DAB 4, DAB 8, DAB
16, DAB 32, and DAB 64) as gene delivery systems. Methods. DNA binding was evaluated …

Lipid bilayer disruption by polycationic polymers: the roles of size and chemical functional group

A Mecke, IJ Majoros, AK Patri, JR Baker Jr… - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
Polycationic polymers are used extensively in biology to disrupt cell membranes and thus
enhance the transport of materials into the cell. The highly polydisperse nature of many of …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles decorated with polycationic dendrimers for infection treatment

B Gonzalez, M Colilla, J Diez, D Pedraza, M Guembe… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
This work aims to provide an effective and novel solution for the treatment of infection by
using nanovehicles loaded with antibiotics capable of penetrating the bacterial wall, thus …

Structural molecular dynamics studies on polyamidoamine dendrimers for a therapeutic application: effects of pH and generation

I Lee, BD Athey, AW Wetzel, W Meixner… - Macromolecules, 2002 - ACS Publications
Extensive simulations of PAMAM dendrimer generation 2 were performed at several pH
conditions with explicit water molecules, to obtain proper conditions and validity for …