Synthesis of Bifunctional Integrin??Binding Peptides Containing PEG Spacers of Defined Length for Non??Viral Gene Delivery

MA Pilkington??Miksa, S Sarkar…

Index: Pilkington-Miksa, Michael A.; Sarkar, Supti; Writer, Michele J.; Barker, Susie E.; Shamlou, Parviz Ayazi; Hart, Stephen L.; Hailes, Helen C.; Tabor, Alethea B. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , # 17 p. 2900 - 2914

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Abstract

Abstract Improving the buffer and serum stability of non-viral gene delivery vectors, and increasing their circulation time in vivo, is an important focus of current research in gene therapy. The most successful strategies to date have involved shielding the complexes with large polydisperse PEG adducts. However, this approach is accompanied by a fall in transfection efficiency. In this paper we describe the solid-phase synthesis of a series of ...