Photoreceptor cell rescue in retinal degeneration (rd) mice by in vivo gene therapy

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 649-654

  Bennett, Jean ^a,b   Tanabe, Teruyo ^c   Sun, Dexue ^a,c,d   Zeng, Yong ^a,b   Kjeldbye, Hild ^c   Gouras, Peter ^c   Maguire, Albert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pfizer ^*  (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

3',5'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMOZYGOTE; INJECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0029893012     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0696-649     Document Type: Article

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