Star Polymers as Non-Viral Carriers for Apoptosis Induction.

ABSTRACT: Apoptosis is a widely controlled, programmed cell death, defects in which are the source of various diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer. The use of apoptosis in the therapy of various human diseases is of increasing interest, and the analysis of the factors involved in its regulation is valuable in designing specific carriers capable of targeting cell death. Highly efficient and precisely controlled delivery of genetic material by low-toxic carriers is one of the most important challenges of apoptosis-based gene therapy. In this work, we investigate the effect of the star polymer with 28 poly(N,N'-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) arms (STAR) on human cells, according to its concentration and structure. We show that star polymer cytotoxicity increases within

SUBMITTER: Fus-Kujawa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9139127 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature