Study on Development of Polymeric Micellar Gene Carrier and Evaluation of Its Functionality

Makoto Oba
2013 Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin  
Polymeric micelles, which are formed by the self-assembly of block copolymers, can load various substances and have received attention as drug carriers. Negatively charged nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA are some of the drugs delivered by polyion complex-based polymeric micelles (polyplex micelles). Polyplex micelles are expected to be nonviral gene carriers instead of viral vectors, which have several problems including safety, the limited size of the loading gene, and productivity. In this
more » ... view, recent studies by our group on smart polyplex micelles delivering genes will be introduced.
doi:10.1248/bpb.b13-00287 pmid:23811553 fatcat:mvdcp77wjna2bktz7el72jmslu