In vivo cytokine gene therapy of human tumor xenografts in SCID mice by liposome-mediated DNA delivery

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 607-614

  Egilmez, N K ^a   Cuenca, R ^b   Yokota, S J ^a   Sorgi, F ^c   Bankert, R B ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Immunology ^*  (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gene therapy; Human tumor; Liposomes; SCID

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOSOME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLESTEROL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIPOSOMES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, SCID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMIDS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029737009     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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