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 …

Stimuli-triggered structural engineering of synthetic and biological polymeric assemblies

J Zhang, X Li, X Li - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Response to external stimuli is a fundamental and intrinsic behavior of living systems. There
has been increasing interest for designing and constructing responsive polymeric …

Molecular spectroscopy evidence of berberine binding to DNA: comparative binding and thermodynamic profile of intercalation

XL Li, YJ Hu, H Wang, BQ Yu, HL Yue - Biomacromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Berberine (BH) is an important traditional medicinal herb endowed with diverse
pharmacological and biological activities. In this work, the binding characteristics and …

Extracellular DNA facilitates the formation of functional amyloids in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

K Schwartz, M Ganesan, DE Payne… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Persistent staphylococcal infections often involve surface‐associated communities called
biofilms. S taphylococcus aureus biofilm development is mediated by the co‐ordinated …

Interaction of capsaicin with calf thymus DNA: A multi-spectroscopic and molecular modelling study

FA Qais, KM Abdullah, MM Alam, I Naseem… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Studying the mode of interaction between small molecules and DNA has received much
attention in recent years, as many drugs have been reported to directly interact with DNA …

Effects of PEGylation and Acetylation of PAMAM Dendrimers on DNA Binding, Cytotoxicity and in Vitro Transfection Efficiency

K Fant, EK Esbjörner, A Jenkins… - Molecular …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers are promising multipotent gene delivery vectors,
providing favorable DNA condensation properties also in combination with the possibility of …

Hyaluronic acid-coated chitosan nanoparticles: Molecular weight-dependent effects on morphology and hyaluronic acid presentation

A Almalik, R Donno, CJ Cadman, F Cellesi… - Journal of controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
Chitosan nanoparticles are popular carriers for the delivery of macromolecular payloads, eg
nucleic acids. In this study, nanoparticles were prepared via complexation with triphosphate …

DNA condensation by PAMAM dendrimers: self-assembly characteristics and effect on transcription

K Fant, EK Esbjörner, P Lincoln, B Nordén - Biochemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
Electrostatic shielding and steric blocking by histones are two significant factors that
participate in the control of the local rates of transcription in chromatin. As a simple model …

DNA compaction by a dendrimer

B Nandy, PK Maiti - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011 - ACS Publications
At physiological pH, a PAMAM dendrimer is positively charged and can effectively bind
negatively charged DNA. Currently, there has been great interest in understanding this …

Complexation of siRNA with dendrimer: a molecular modeling approach

V Vasumathi, PK Maiti - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
This paper reports the structural behavior and thermodynamics of the complexation of siRNA
with poly (amidoamine)(PAMAM) dendrimers of generation 3 (G3) and 4 (G4) through fully …