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Recent studies have highlighted the immunostimulatory nature of nucleic acids and the enhancement of such immunostimulation when nucleic acids are complexed to cationic liposomes to form cationic-lipid-nucleic-acid-complexes or lipoplexes. While such immunostimulation may have deleterious consequences for nucleic acid delivery, especially in the field of gene therapy, it may be harnessed for efficacious usage against the various forms of cancer.
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Dass, .C. Immunostimulatory activity of cationic-lipid-nucleic-acid complexes against cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 128, 177–181 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-001-0318-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-001-0318-x