Polymeric Gene Delivery Systems

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 History of Polymeric Gene Delivery Systems  (Peng Zhang, Ernst Wagner)....Pages 1-39
 Polymer–Nucleic Acid Interactions  (Zhuang-lin Shen, Yi-qi Xia, Qiu-song Yang, Wen-de Tian, Kang Chen, Yu-qiang Ma)....Pages 41-64
 Polysaccharide-based Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery  (Myung Sook Huh, Eun Jung Lee, Heebeom Koo, Ji Young Yhee, Keun Sang Oh, Sohee Son et al.)....Pages 65-83
 Peptide-Based and Polypeptide-Based Gene Delivery Systems  (Jie Chen, Xiuwen Guan, Yingying Hu, Huayu Tian, Xuesi Chen)....Pages 85-112
 Degradable Polyethylenimine-Based Gene Carriers for Cancer Therapy  (Hu-Lin Jiang, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Lei Xing, Jannatul Firdous, Wuji Cao, Yu-Jing He et al.)....Pages 113-148
 Precisely Defined Polymers for Efficient Gene Delivery  (Dongsheng He, Hao Lin, Yinglan Yu, Lei Shi, Jiasheng Tu)....Pages 149-165
 Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Efficient Gene Delivery  (Yingqin Li, Jinbiao Gao, Chao Zhang, Zhong Cao, Du Cheng, Jie Liu et al.)....Pages 167-215
 Fabrication of Low-Generation Dendrimers into Nanostructures for Efficient and Nontoxic Gene Delivery  (Hui Wang, Hong Chang, Qiang Zhang, Yiyun Cheng)....Pages 217-232
 Polymeric Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Delivery for Lung Cancer Treatment  (Narsireddy Amreddy, Anish Babu, Ranganayaki Muralidharan, Anupama Munshi, Rajagopal Ramesh)....Pages 233-255
 Brain-Targeted Polymers for Gene Delivery in the Treatment of Brain Diseases  (Yifei Lu, Chen Jiang)....Pages 257-285
 Polymers in the Delivery of siRNA for the Treatment of Virus Infections  (Nicholas Reynolds, Megan Dearnley, Tracey M. Hinton)....Pages 287-328
 Polymers in the Co-delivery of siRNA and Anticancer Drugs for the Treatment of Drug-resistant Cancers  (Haotian Sun, Iven Yarovoy, Meghan Capeling, Chong Cheng)....Pages 329-358