HSV-tk gene therapy for human renal cell carcinoma in nude mice

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 529-536

  Pulkkanen, Kalevi Juhani ^a   Parkkinen, Jyrki J ^a   Laukkanen, Johanna M ^a   Kettunen, Mikko I ^a   Tyynela, Kristiina ^a   Kauppinen, Risto A ^a   Ala Opas, Martti Y ^a   Yla Herttuala, Seppo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; HSV tk; Kidney carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; GANCICLOVIR; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAC OPERON; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RETROVIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; THYMIDINE KINASE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HERPES; MUS MUSCULUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0034907924     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700342     Document Type: Article

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