Improved non-viral transfection of glial and adult neural stem cell lines and of primary astrocytes by combining agents with complementary modes of action

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1023-1032

  Tinsley, Rogan B ^a   Vesey, Melanie J ^a   Barati, Shahram ^a   Rush, Robert A ^a   Ferguson, Ian A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cationic liposomes; Cationic polymers; Intracellular trafficking; Mechanisms; Non viral transfection; Polyplexes

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOFECTAMINE; PLASMID DNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPIDS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 13644267078     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.584     Document Type: Article

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