Switchable delivery of small interfering RNA using a negatively charged pH-responsive polyethylenimine-based polyelectrolyte complex
Author(s) -
S.Ja Tseng,
YiFang Zeng,
Yu-Fan Deng,
PanChyr Yang,
JeRuei Liu,
Ivan M. Kempson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c3cc00134b
Subject(s) - polyethylenimine , polyelectrolyte , polyethylene glycol , chemistry , small interfering rna , peg ratio , histidine , cationic polymerization , cytotoxicity , rna , copolymer , biophysics , ethylene glycol , combinatorial chemistry , polymer chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , organic chemistry , amino acid , in vitro , transfection , biology , finance , economics , gene
A small interfering RNA (siRNA)-loaded polyelectrolyte constructed with branched polyethylenimine (bPEI) and copolymers, consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG), histidine (His), and glutamic acid (Glu), was developed in order to provide a tumor acidosis-triggered delivery system with low cytotoxicity.
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