Non-viral gene delivery via membrane-penetrating, mannose-targeting supramolecular self-assembled nanocomplexes.

Yin, Lichen; Song, Ziyuan; Kim, Kyung Hoon; Zheng, Nan; Gabrielson, Nathan P; Cheng, Jianjun · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Supramolecular self-assembled nanocomplexes (SSANs) capable of mannose receptor-mediated endocytosis and permeable to cellular and endosomal membranes are developed via the assembly of multiple rationally designed, function-specific materials. As a unique non-viral gene delivery vector, SSANs outperform commercial transfection reagents, including LPF2000, PEI, and jetPEI, by up to 2 orders of magnitude.

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