In this experiment, we developed anionic ternary complexes for effective and safe ocular gene delivery. Ternary complexes were constructed by coating plasmid DNA (pDNA)/polyethylenimine (PEI) complex with anionic polymers such as γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). The cationic pDNA/PEI complex showed high gene expression on the human retinal pigment epithelial cell line, ...

Anisotropy of anionic sites on plasma membranes has been implicated in contact phenomena at cell surfaces (16, 17). Recent evidence indicates that charge anisotropy may be important among intracellular membranes also, since distribution of anionic sites has been related to structural organization of mitochondrial membranes (8). The use of cationic ferritin has been introduced by Danon et al. (2...

Nanosized hydroxyapatite (HA) powders have been synthesized by an inverse microemulsion system using cyclohexane, an anionic surfactant and aqueous solutions of calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and biammonium hydrogen phosphate in the presence of anionic and caionic polyelectrolyte with the inducement of ultrasound irradiation. Prepared HA in presence of anionic polyelectrolyte has a different morp...

Pyrrole-based π-conjugated anion-responsive molecules bearing an anionic moiety form self-complementary dimers, which exhibit self-sorting behaviours depending on the substituted positions of anionic sites.

This paper describes a simple and environmentally friendly method for the preparation of highly stable dispersions of Fe3O4 nanoparticles with controlled morphologies, in the same synthesis system for the first time. During the process, the Fe3O4 nanoparticles are formed using urease as a multifunctional reagent, including catalyst, template and dispersant, due to its enzymatic activity and spe...

The aqueous dispersion behavior of ZrB₂, SiC powders with B₄C and C as sintering aids was investigated. Well co-dispersed suspension can be obtained in acidic solutions in presence of polyethyleneimine (PEI). The adsorption of PEI on the powder surface was measured by thermal gravimetric (TG) analysis. Rheological measurements displayed the effect of dispersant on the flow behavior of as-prepar...