Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , February 2010

Evaluation of cationic liposomes composed of an amino acid–based lipid for neuronal transfection

  • Yosuke Obata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, TWIns, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Gianni Ciofani, MS

      Affiliations

    • CRIM Lab—Center for Research In Microengineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa, Italy
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  • Vittoria Raffa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CRIM Lab—Center for Research In Microengineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa, Italy
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  • Alfred Cuschieri, MD

      Affiliations

    • CRIM Lab—Center for Research In Microengineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa, Italy
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  • Arianna Menciassi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CRIM Lab—Center for Research In Microengineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa, Italy
    • Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy
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  • Paolo Dario, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CRIM Lab—Center for Research In Microengineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa, Italy
    • Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy
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  • Shinji Takeoka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, TWIns, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, TWIns, Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.

Received 25 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Global Centre of Excellence (GCOE) program “Practical Chemical Wisdom” and the “High-tech Research Center” project from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT), and partially by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) Network and by the NINIVE (Non Invasive Nanotransducer for In Vivo gene therapy, STRP 033378) project, which is co-financed by the Sixth Framework Program (6FP) of the European Commission.

PII: S1549-9634(09)00090-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.04.005

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , February 2010

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