Transduction of axotomized retinal ganglion cells by adenoviral vector administration at the optic nerve stump. An in vivo model system for the inhibition of neuronal apoptotic cell death

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1759-1767

  Kugler S ^a   Klocker N ^a   Kermer, P ^a   Isenmann, S ^a   Bahr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Apoptosis; Axotomy; crmA; p35; Retina

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CASPASES; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 17644432519     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301000     Document Type: Article

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