Factors influencing the efficiency of cationic liposome-mediated intravenous gene delivery

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Liu, Yong ^a   Mounkes, Leslie C ^a   Liggitt, H Denny ^b   Brown, Carolyn S ^c   Solodin, Igor ^c   Heath, Timothy D ^c   Debs, Robert J ^a  

^a California Pacific Medical Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Gene therapy; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

CATION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DESIGN; GENES, REPORTER; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; LUNG; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031049765     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0297-167     Document Type: Article

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