Efficient in vivo gene transfer by PCR amplified fragment with reduced inflammatory activity

Gene Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-74

  Hofman, C R ^a   Dileo, J P ^a   Li, Z ^a   Li, S ^a   Huang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene therapy; Inflammation; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPID; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, SYNTHETIC; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 0035132414     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301373     Document Type: Article

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