Demethylation using the epigenetic modifier, 5-azacytidine, increases the efficiency of transient transfection of macrophages

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 356-365

  Escher, Geneviève ^a   Hoang, Anh ^a   Georges, Suzan ^a   Tchoua, Urbain ^a   El Osta, Assam ^a   Krozowski, Zygmunt ^a   Sviridov, Dmitri ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol efflux; CYP27A1; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; E1A PROTEIN; STEROL 27 HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEAE-DEXTRAN; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; METHYLATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 13944253562     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D400014-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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