1. Toxicological Aspects for Nanomaterial in Humans
Maria Dusinska, Zuzana Magdolenova, and Lise Marie Fjellsbø
2. Lactate Dehydrogenase Assasy for Assessment of Polycation Cytotoxicity
Ladan Parhamifar, Helene Andersen, and S. Moein Moghimi
3. Combined Fluorimetric Caspase 3/7 Assay and Bradford Protein Determincation for Assessment of Polycation-Mediated Cytotoxicity
Anna K. Larsen, Arnaldur Hall, Henrik Lundsgart, and S. Moein Moghimi
4. Anti-PEG IgM Production Via a PEGylated Nano-Carrier System for Nucleic Acid Delivery
Masako Ichihara, Naoto Moriyoshi, Amr S. Abu Lila, Tatsuhiro Ishida, and Hiroshi Kiwada
5. Near-Infrared Optical Imaging of Nucleic Acid Nanocarrier In Vivo
Claire Rome, Julien Gravier, Marie Morille, Gilles Divita, Anne-Laure Bolcato-Bellemin, Véronique Josserand, Jean-Luc Coll
6. Lipids for Nucleic Acid Delivery: Synthesis and Particle Formantion
Michel Bessodes and Nathalie Mignet
7. Histidine-Rich Cationic Amphipathic Peptides for Plasmid DNA and siRNA Delivery
Antoine Kichler, A. James Mason, Arnaud Marquette, and Burkhard Bechinger
8. Synthesis of Polyethylenimine Based Nanocarriers for Systemic Tumor Targeting of Nucleic Acids
Wolfgang Rödl, David Schaffert, Ernst Wagner, and Manfred Ogris
9. Synthesis of Bioreducible Polycations with Controlled Topologies
Ye-Zi You, Jun-Jie Yan, Zhi-Qiang Yu, and David Oupicky
10. Lyophilization of Synthetic Gene Carriers
Julia Christina Kasper, Sarah Küchler, and Wolfgang Friess
11. Surface-and Hydrogel-Mediated Delivert of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
Angela K. Pannier and Tatiana Segura
12. Layer-by-Layer Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Nucleic Acids
Eva-Christina Wurster, Asmaa Elbakry, Achim Göpferich, and Miriam Breunig
13. In Situ AFM Analysis Investigating Disassembly of DNA Nanoparticles and Nano-Films
Yi Zou, Lei Wan, Jenifer Blacklock, David Oupicky, and Guangzhao Mao
14. Enhancing Nucleic Acid Delivery with Ultrasound and Microbubbles
Steven K. Cool, Bart Geers, Ine Lentacker, Stefaan C. De Smedt, and Niek N. Sanders
15. Magnetic And Acoustically Active Microbubbles Loaded with Nucleic Acids for Gene Delivery
Dialecthi Vlaskou, Christian Plank, and Olga Mykhaylyk
16. Synthesis of Lipidic Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nucleic Acid Delivery
Yoshihisa Namiki
17. Lipopeptide Delivery of siRNA to the Central Nervous System
Mark D. Zabel
18. Flow Cytometry-Based Cell Type-Specific Assessment of Target Regulation by Pulmonary siRNA Delivery
Olivia M. Merkel, Leigh M. Marsh, Holger Garn, and Thomas Kissel
19. Liver-Targeted Gene Delivery Through Retrograde Intrabiliary Infusion
Xuan Jiang, Yong Ren, John-Michael Williford, Zhiping Li, and Hai-Quan Mao