WhatareCationicLipids?
CationiclipidsareaclassoflipidmoleculeswithapermanentpositivechargedheadgroupwithstructureasexemplifiedbymoleculeDOTAP(Figure1).Becauseofthestructurespecialty,Cationiclipidareanamphiphilicentitywithaheadgrouphavinghydrophilicityandlipidtailspossessinghydrophobicity.
BroadPharm什么是阳离子脂质Cationic（阳离子脂质体是什么）
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ApplicationofCationicLipid
ThefirstpublicationaboutCationiclipidstotransfectDNAintocellswaspublishedbyPhilipFelgner.Currently,Cationiclipidshavebecomeoneoffewmajorclassofmoleculesinlipidnanoparticle(LNP)drugdeliveryvehicles,mRNAvaccineencapsulation.Cationiclipidsneutralizenegativechargesandfacilitateencapsulationandcelluptakeinlipidnanoparticles(LNP).Usuallyunsaturated,short(<30monomer)hydrocarbonchainsofthelipidsareassociatedwiththehighesttransductionefficiencies.Inaqueousenvironments,theselipidsformmicelleswithpositivelychargedsurfacesthatcomplexwithDNA.TheselipoplexesacttoneutralizechargerepulsionbetweenthecellmembraneandDNAandpromoteendocytosis,similartothemechanismofcationicpolymers.
Lipidsupplierandcustomersynthesis
Asaleadingbiochemicalsupplierworldwide,BroadPharmofferawidearrayofLipidmolecules,suchasIonizablelipids,cationiclipids,helperlipids,andPEGlipidstoourclientsworldwide.BroadPharmalsoprovidesfastspeedcustomsynthesisofnovellipidmoleculestoempoweryouradvancedresearch.
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3.B.Pitard,D.Habrant,SupramolecularMedicinalChemistryandChemicalBiology,inComprehensiveSupramolecularChemistryII,2017
