Stimulatory effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on gene expression in mouse liver following hydrodynamics-based transfection

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-334

  Ishida, Tatsuhiro ^a   Li, Wenhao ^a   Liu, Zhihui ^a   Kiwada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene delivery; Hepatocytes; Hydrodynamics based transfection; Liver; Naked DNA; Polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MACROGOL; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA; DRUG CARRIERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645210998     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.850     Document Type: Article

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