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Polyethyleneimine-coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Vehicle for the Delivery of Small Interfering RNA to Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo
Published on: February 5, 2019
Magnetic pH-responsive nanogels as multifunctional delivery tools for small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules and
Alberto Curcio1, Roberto Marotta, Andreas Riedinger
1Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 161613, Genoa, Italy.
Abstract:
We here exploit pH-responsive nanogels as carriers to deliver functional anti-GFP siRNA and superparamagnetic IONPs to HeLa-GFP cells. The siRNA release via pH-mediated endosomal escape is shown. The IONPs act first as magnetofection agents to boost cellular uptake and then as probes to track the release mechanism by electron microscopy.

