A single treatment with IL-4 via retrovirally transduced lymphocytes partially protects against diabetes in BioBreeding (BB) rats

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 76-82

  Zipris, Danny ^a   Karnieli, Eddy ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus, insulin dependent; Gene therapy; Interleukin 4; Primary prevention; Rats, inbred BB

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERLEUKIN 4; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VECTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BIOBREEDING RAT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RETROVIRUS; SPLEEN; TRANSPLANTATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; WISTAR FURTH RAT;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RATS, INBRED WF; RETROVIRIDAE; SPLEEN;

EID: 0036584901     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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