Hydroporation as the mechanism of hydrodynamic delivery

Gene Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 675-682

  Zhang, G ^a   Gao, X ^a   Song, Y K ^b   Vollmer, R ^a   Stolz, D B ^c   Gasiorowski, J Z ^d   Dean, D A ^d   Liu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NSABP Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic delivery; Naked DNA; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIVER CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CELL SIZE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HEART RATE; HEPATOCYTES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 1942537809     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302210     Document Type: Article

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