Cholesterol improves the transfection efficiency of polyallylamine as a non-viral gene delivery vector
ABSTRACT Cationic polymers such as polyallylamine (PAA) having primary amino groups are poor transfection agents and possess a high cytotoxicity index when used without any chemical modification. In this study, PAA was modified with cholesterol in order to improve transfection efficiency and to redu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502017000300612&lng=en&tlng=en |