Ultrasound enhancement of liposome-mediated cell transfection is caused by cavitation effects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 897-903

  Koch, Sandra ^a   Pohl, Peter ^a   Cobet, Ulrich ^a   Rainov, Nikolai G ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cationic liposomes; Cavitation; DNA; Doppler; Gene therapy; Glioma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CAVITATION; CELLS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN TUMOR; CATIONIC LIPOSOMES; GENE TRANSFER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPOSOME; SHU 508;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EUKARYOTE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; LIPOSOMES; PLASMIDS; RODENTIA; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034209640     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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