TY - GEN
T1 - Ultrasound-induced sonoporation with the aid of magnetic nanoparticles
AU - Anastasiadis, Pavlos
AU - Allen, John S.
AU - Matsunaga, Terry
AU - Bertram, Joachim
AU - Weber, Peter K.
AU - Moisyadi, Stefan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Targeted gene and drug delivery has untapped potential for the treatment of a wide range of pathological conditions. The recent advancements in ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) including their ability to target regions of interest (ROI) with high specificity makes them ideal for a range of both in vitro and in vivo studies. This work investigates gene expression enhancement by a novel combination of nanosized magnetic particles (MagTag®) and cationic UCAs (cUCAs). The cUCAs have been studied alone and in combination with the MATra-A reagent (Iba Life Sciences, Goettingen, Germany), that uses activated magnetic fields for the delivery of nucleic acids into the cell nucleus.
AB - Targeted gene and drug delivery has untapped potential for the treatment of a wide range of pathological conditions. The recent advancements in ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) including their ability to target regions of interest (ROI) with high specificity makes them ideal for a range of both in vitro and in vivo studies. This work investigates gene expression enhancement by a novel combination of nanosized magnetic particles (MagTag®) and cationic UCAs (cUCAs). The cUCAs have been studied alone and in combination with the MATra-A reagent (Iba Life Sciences, Goettingen, Germany), that uses activated magnetic fields for the delivery of nucleic acids into the cell nucleus.
KW - gene delivery
KW - magnetic-assisted transfection
KW - piggyBac plasmid
KW - sonoporation
KW - ultrasound contrast agents
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U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0513
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0513
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781467345613
T3 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
SP - 2052
EP - 2054
BT - 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2012
Y2 - 7 October 2012 through 10 October 2012
ER -