Nonviral vectors for gene therapy / 
edited by Leaf Huang, Mien-chie Hung, Ernst Wagner. 
 - San Diego, CA :  Academic Press,  c1999. 
 - xxv, 442 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/><br/>Part I: Introduction<br/>Chapter 1: Introduction, L.Huang and E. Viroonhatapan.<br/><br/>Part II: Cationic Liposomes:<br/>Chapter 2: Progress in Gene Delivery Research and Development, P. Felgner.<br/>Chapter 3: Cationic Lipid-Mediated Gene Delivery to the Airways, J. Marshall, N. Yew, S. Eastman, C. Jiang, R. Scheule, S. Cheng.<br/>Chapter 4: Structure and Structure-Activity Relationship of Lipid-Based Gene Delivery Systems, D. Lasic.<br/>Chapter 5: Self-Assembled Structures of Lipid/DNA Nonviral Gene Delivery Systems from Synchorotron X-Ray Diffraction, C. Safinya, I. Koltover.<br/>Chapter 6: Sites of Uptake and Expression of Cationic Liposome/DNA Complexes Injected Intravenously, J. McLean, G. Thurston, D. McDonald.<br/><br/>Part III: Other Vectors:<br/>Chapter 7: Nuclear Transport of Exogenous DNA, M. Sebestye;n and J. Wolff.<br/>Chapter 8: Particle-Mediated Gene Delivery: Applications to Canine and Other Larger Animal Systems, N.-S. Yang, G. Hogge, E.G. MacEwen.<br/>Chapter 9: Polyethylenimines: A Family of Potent Polymers for Nucleic Acid Delivery, A. Kichler, J.-P. Behr, P. Erbacher.<br/>Chapter 10: Ligand-Polycation Conjugates for Receptor-Targeted Gene Transfer, E. Wagner.<br/>Chapter 11: The Perplexing Delivery Mechanism of Lipoplexes, L. Barron and F. Szoka, Jr..<br/>Chapter 12: Biopolymer-DNA Nanospheres, K. Leong.<br/>Chapter 13: Novel Lipidic Vectors for Gene Transfer, S. Li, L. Huang.<br/><br/>Part IV: Animal Models and Clinical Trials:<br/>Chapter 14: Mechanisms of Cationic Liposome-Mediated Transfection of the Lung Endothelium, D. Liu, J. Knapp, Y. Song.<br/>Chapter 15: Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy, U. Griesenbach, D. Geddes, E. Alton.<br/>Chapter 16: Targeting HER-2/neu-Overexpressing Cancer Cells with Transcriptional Repressor Genes Delivered by Cationic Liposome, M.-C. Hung, S.-C. Wang, G. Hortobagyi.<br/>Chapter 17: Immune Pathways Used in Nucleic Acid Vaccination, G. Rhodes.<br/>Chapter 18: A Novel Gene Regulatory System, S. Chua, M. Burcin, Y. Wang, S. Tsai.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0123584655 9780123584656 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gene therapy.<br/>Genetic vectors.<br/>DNA-ligand interactions.<br/>Liposomes.<br/>Drug targeting.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>QU 560 N814 1999  /  N814 1999