| Literature DB >> 25530853 |
John-Michael Williford1, Yong Ren2, Kevin Huang3, Deng Pan4, Hai-Quan Mao2.
Abstract
PEGylated polycation/DNA micellar nanoparticles have been developed that can undergo shape transformation upon cleavage of the PEG grafts in response to an environmental cue. As a proof-of-principle, DNA nanoparticles with higher PEG grafting density adopting long, worm- and rod-like morphologies, transition to more condensed nanoparticles with spherical and short-rod morphologies upon cleavage of a fraction of the PEG grafts from the copolymer. This shape transformation leads to increased surface charges, correlating with improved transfection efficiency.Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25530853 PMCID: PMC4269835 DOI: 10.1039/C4TB00967C
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mater Chem B ISSN: 2050-750X Impact factor: 6.331