Design and development of polymers for gene delivery

作者:Pack DW*; Hoffman AS; Pun S; Stayton PS
来源:Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2005, 4(7): 581-593.
DOI:10.1038/nrd1775

摘要

The lack of safe and efficient gene-delivery methods is a limiting obstacle to human gene therapy. Synthetic gene-delivery agents, although safer than recombinant viruses, generally do not possess the required efficacy. In recent years, a variety of effective polymers have been designed specifically for gene delivery, and much has been learned about their structure-function relationships. With the growing understanding of polymer gene-delivery mechanisms and continued efforts of creative polymer chemists, it is likely that polymer-based gene-delivery systems will become an important tool for human gene therapy.

  • 出版日期2005-7