Gene transfer into the rat renal glomerulus via a mesangial cell vector: Site-specific delivery, in situ amplification, and sustained expression of an exogenous gene in vivo

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 497-505

  Kitamura, Masanori ^a,c   Taylor, Shirley ^a   Unwin, Robert ^a   Burton, Stephen ^a   Shimizu, Fujio ^b   Fine, Leon G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell transplantation; gene therapy; genetic engineering; retrovirus; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL TRANSFER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0028098730     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI117361     Document Type: Article

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