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  • Preparation and Gene Silencing Efficiency of Chitosan-based siRNA Nano-carriers

  • Eunsun Lee*, **, Wheemoon Cho*, Jae Ho Lee***, Sang Jun Park*, Yong-Hee Kim**, and Chun-Ho Kim*,†

  • *Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Science, 75, Nowon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01812, Korea
    **Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutical Research, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
    ***Research Institute for Molecular-Targeted Drugs, Konkuk Institute of Technology, Konkuk University, 120, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Korea

  • 키토산 기반 siRNA 나노전달체 제조 및 유전자 억제 효율

  • 이은선*, ** · 조휘문* · 이재호*** · 박상준* · 김용희** · 김천호*,†

  • *한국원자력의학원 방사선의학연구소, **한양대학교 공과대학 생명공학과, ***건국대학교 질병분자표적신약연구소

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This Article

  • 2021; 45(5): 697-703

    Published online Sep 25, 2021

  • 10.7317/pk.2021.45.5.697
  • Received on Mar 12, 2021
  • Revised on Jun 7, 2021
  • Accepted on Jun 24, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Chun-Ho Kim*

  • *Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Science, 75, Nowon-gil, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01812, Korea

  • E-mail: chkim@kirams.re.kr