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ArticleGene therapy2017

Live-cell imaging to compare the transfection and gene silencing efficiency of calcium phosphate nanoparticles and a liposomal transfection agent.

S Chernousova, M Epple

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Article in Gene therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Calcium Phosphate-Based Biomaterials for Bone Repair.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2022
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  17. Biological and Medical Applications of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021
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  18. Fluorinated peptide biomaterials.Peptide science (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S ChernousovaInorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
M EppleInorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The processing of DNA (for transfection) and short interfering RNA (siRNA; for gene silencing), introduced into HeLa cells by triple-shell calcium phosphate nanoparticles, was followed by live-cell imaging. For comparison, the commercial liposomal transfection agent Lipofectamine was used. The cells were incubated with these delivery systems, carrying either enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP)-encoding DNA or siRNA against eGFP. In the latter case, HeLa cells that stably expressed eGFP were used. The expression of eGFP started after 5 h in the case of nanoparticles and after 4 h in the case of Lipofectamine. The corresponding times for gene silencing were 5 h (nanoparticles) and immediately after incubation (Lipofectamine). The expression of eGFP was notably enhanced 2-3 h after cell division (mitosis). In general, the transfection and gene silencing efficiencies of the nanoparticles were lower than those of Lipofectamime, even at a substantially higher dose (factor 20) of nucleic acids. However, the cytotoxicity of the nanoparticles was lower than that of Lipofectamine, making them suitable vectors for in vivo application.

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Gene SilencingCalcium PhosphatesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansLipidsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMitosisNanoparticlesTransfectioncalcium phosphateCalcium PhosphatesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLipidsLipofectamine

Identifiers

PMID28218744
PMCPMC5442419
OpenAlexW2589330116

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