Glomerular filtration is required for transfection of proximal tubular cells in the rat kidney following injection of DNA complexes into the renal artery

Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-285

  Foglieni, C ^a   Bragonzi, A ^a   Cortese, M ^a   Cantu L ^b   Boletta, A ^c   Chiossone, I ^a   Soria, M R ^a   Monaco, L ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescent complexes: glomerular filtration barrier; Kidney; Laser light scattering; Non viral gene delivery; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYETHYLENEIMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0034003313     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301092     Document Type: Article

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