In vivo delivery of caspase-8 or Fas siRNA improves the survival of septic mice

Blood

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2295-2301

  Wesche Soldato, Doreen E ^b   Chung, Chun Shiang ^b   Lomas Neira, Joanne ^b   Doughty, Lesley A ^b   Gregory, Stephen H ^b   Ayala, Alfred ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; DEATH RECEPTOR; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; FAS ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE TARGETING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIVER; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 27144512743     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-10-4086     Document Type: Article

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