A mouse model to test the in vivo efficacy of chemical chaperones

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Bai, Chunxue ^a   Biwersi, Joachim ^a   Verkman, A S ^a   Matthay, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cystic fibrosis; Glycerol; Mice; Trimethylamine oxide

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HALF-LIFE; HEMATOCRIT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; METHYLAMINES; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OXIDANTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0032426907     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8719(98)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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