Graft permeabilization facilitates gene therapy of transplant arteriosclerosis in a rabbit model

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1335-1341

  Rekhter, Mark D ^a   Shah, Nikhil ^a   Simari, Robert D ^a   Work, Carolyn ^a   Kim, Jong Seung ^a   Nabel, Gary J ^a,b   Nabel, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Gordon, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Genes; Muscle, smooth; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BROMODEOXYCYTIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0032578405     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.13.1335     Document Type: Article

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