Adenoviral gene transfer of erythropoietin confers cytoprotection to isolated pancreatic islets

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Fenjves, Elizabeth S ^a   Ochoa, M Sofia ^a   Gay Rabinstein, Carlota ^a   Molano, R Damaris ^a   Pileggi, Antonello ^a   Mendez, Armando J ^a   Inverardi, Luca ^a   Ricordi, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOCORTIN 5; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CYTOPROTECTION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MICE; MICE, NUDE;

EID: 1642484480     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000110422.27977.26     Document Type: Article

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