Sustained transgene expression in rat kidney with naked plasmid DNA and PCR-amplified DNA fragments

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-380

  Maruyama, Hiroki ^a   Higuchi, Noboru ^a   Kameda, Shigemi ^a   Nakamura, Gen ^a   Shimotori, Masaaki ^e   Iino, Noriaki ^a   Higuchi, Masato ^b   Neichi, Tomohiro ^b   Yokoyama, Sadaaki ^b   Kono, Toru ^c   Hiyazaki, Jun Ichi ^d   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

CAG promoter; Catheter based gene transfer; Hydrodynamics based transfection; Interstitial fibroblast; Kidney; Naked plasmid DNA; PCR amplified DNA fragment; Renal vein injection

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; NAKED DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DNA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; MALE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL VEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 20944447777     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi038     Document Type: Article

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