Table 2.
Characteristics of the lipoplexes and selected magnetic lipoplexes at an iron-to-DNA w/w ratio of 0.5:1.⁎
| Complex | Luciferase plasmid |
GFP plasmid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean hydrodynamic diameter D (nm) | ξ potential (mV) | Mean hydrodynamic diameter D (nm) | ξ potential (mV) | |
| DF-Gold/pDNA | 724 ± 340 | + 16.9 ± 4.7 | 693 ± 391 | + 27.1 ± 1.3 |
| PL-Mag1/DF-Gold/pDNA | 1509 ± 715 | -2.5 ± 3.3 | 1807 ± 982 | − 4.8 ± 2.7 |
| PEI-Mag2/DF-Gold/pDNA | 1616 ± 798 | + 19.2 ± 3.0 | 790 ± 432 | + 25.8 ± 0.9 |
| NDT-Mag1/DF-Gold/pDNA | 1730 ± 879 | + 16.5 ± 3.2 | 1953 ± 1104 | + 21.3 ± 2.5 |
| Pa1D1-Mag1/DF-Gold/pBLuc | 544 ± 11.5 | + 28.4 ± 1.5 | 2462 ± 154 | + 27.5 ± 3.5 |
Note: *in RPMI medium without additives.