5′TGATTTAATGGTTGCA3′) and Cy3-conjugated ASO
(5′GCATTCTAATAGCAGC3′) were obtained from Ionis Pharmaceuticals
(Carlsbad, CA). FAM-cysteine-iRGD was purchased from LifeTein (Somerset, NJ).
DSPE-PEG2000, DPPC, DOTAP, and cholesterol were obtained from Avanti Polar Lipid
(Alabaster, Alabama). DSPE-PEG2000-MAL was from Nanosoft Polymers
(Winston-Salem, NC). The Lipofectamine 3000 transfection kit was from Invitrogen
(Carlsbad, CA). Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM),
RPMI-1640 Medium, and trypsin were from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO). All
reagents and compounds were used without further purification or
modification.