A highly effective gene delivery vector - Hyperbranched poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) from in situ deactivation enhanced ATRP

Ben Newland, Hongyun Tai, Yu Zheng, Diego Velasco, Andrea Di Luca, Steven M. Howdle, Cameron Alexander, Wenxin Wang, Abhay Pandit

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Abstract

A hyperbranched 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) based polymer has been synthesised by a one-pot in situ deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerisation (DE-ATRP); it exhibits much higher transfection ability than linear poly(DMAEMA) and is comparable to the well known branched poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) and the SuperFect® dendrimer but with lower cytotoxicity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4698-4700
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume46
Issue number26
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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