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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2021

Influence of the Modulation of the Protein Corona on Gene Expression Using Polyethylenimine (PEI) Polyplexes as Delivery Vehicle.

Dingcheng Zhu, Huijie Yan, Zhuxian Zhou, Jianbin Tang, Xiangrui Liu, Raimo Hartmann, Wolfgang J Parak, Youqing Shen, Neus Feliu

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Dingcheng ZhuZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5636-4976
Huijie YanZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.
Zhuxian ZhouZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7104-9915
Jianbin TangZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4498-5705
Xiangrui LiuZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4960-5847
Raimo HartmannFachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Renthof 6, Marburg, 35032, Germany.
Wolfgang J ParakFachbereich Physik und Chemie and CHyN, Universität Hamburg, Notkestraße 85, Hamburg, 22607, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1672-6650
Youqing ShenZhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials and Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda road 38, Hangzhou, 310007, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1837-7976
Neus FeliuFachbereich Physik und Chemie and CHyN, Universität Hamburg, Notkestraße 85, Hamburg, 22607, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7886-1711
Ministry of Education · NZUniversität Hamburg · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protein corona can significantly modulate the physicochemical properties and gene delivery of polyethylenimine (PEI)/DNA complexes (polyplexes). The effects of the protein corona on the transfection have been well studied in terms of averaged gene expression in a whole cell population. Such evaluation methods give excellent and reliable statistics, but they in general provide the final transfection efficiency without reflecting the dynamic process of gene expression. In this regard the influence of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the gene expression of PEI polyplexes also on a single cell level via live imaging is analyzed. The results reveal that although the BSA corona causes difference in the overall gene expression and mRNA transcription, the gene expression behavior on the level of individual cell is similar, including the mitosis-dependent expression, distributions of onset time, expression pattern in two daughter cells, and expression kinetics in successfully transfected cells. Comparison of single cell and ensemble data on whole cell cultures indicate that the protein corona does not alter the transfection process after nuclear entry, including cell division, polyplex dissociation, and protein expression. Its influence on other steps of in vitro gene delivery before nuclear entry shall render the difference in the overall transfection.

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PolyethyleneimineProtein CoronaGene ExpressionGene Transfer TechniquesPlasmidsTransfectionPolyethyleneimineProtein Coronagene deliveryprotein coronasingle cell tracking

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