In vivo gene transfer of insulin gene into neonatal rats by the HVJ-liposome method resulted in sustained transgene expression

Gene Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 477-482

  Tomita, N ^a   Morishita, R ^a   Higaki, J ^a   Tomita, S ^a   Aoki, M ^a   Ogihara, T ^a   Kaneda, Y ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Gene transfer; HVJ liposome; Insulin; Liver; Neonate

Indexed keywords

DNA; INSULIN; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; LIVER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENDAI VIRUS; TRANSGENE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPOSOMES; LIVER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIROVIRUS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029891425     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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