Proliferation induced by keratinocyte growth factor enhances in vivo retroviral-mediated gene transfer to mouse hepatocytes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2683-2687

  Bosch, Assumpció ^a   McCray Jr , Paul B ^a   Chang, Steven M W ^b   Ulich, Thomas R ^c   Simonet, W Scott ^c   Jolly, Douglas J ^b   Davidson, Beverly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

gene therapy; gene transfer; hepatocytes; KGF; liver; retrovirus

Indexed keywords

KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH REGULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOLONEY LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030452791     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119091     Document Type: Article

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