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Aftab Ullah, 1 Gang Chen, 2 Abid Hussain, 3, 4 Hanif Khan, 1 Azar Abbas, 5 Zhanwei Zhou, 5 Muhammad Shafiq, 6 Saleem Ahmad, 7 Usman Ali, 8 Muhammad Usman, 6 Faisal Raza, 8 Abrar Ahmed, 8 Zijie Qiu, 5 Maochao Zheng, 1 Daojun Liu 1 1Department of Pharmacy, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People’s Republic of China; 4Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210028, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, people’s Republic of China; 7Department of Medicine, Shantou University Medical College Cancer Hospital, Shantou, People’s Republic of China; 8School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Aftab Ullah; Daojun Liu Email aftab@stu.edu.cn; liudj@stu.edu.cnBackground: Liver fibrosis is a chronic liver disease with excessive production of extracellular matrix proteins, leading to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death.Purpose: This study aimed at the development of a novel derivative of polyethyleneimine (PEI) that can effectively deliver transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) siRNA and inhibit chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) for TGFβ silencing and CXCR4 Inhibition, respectively, to treat CCl 4-induced liver fibrosis in a mouse model.Methods: Cyclam-modified PEI (PEI-Cyclam) was synthesized by incorporating cyclam moiety into PEI by nucleophilic ... |