The hair follicle and its stem cells as drug delivery targets

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-443

  Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Gene therapy; Hair follicle; Liposome; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI SIGNALLING PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COLLAGENASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LIPOSOME; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NESTIN; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL TYPE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GLIA CELL; GROWTH CURVE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SKIN APPENDAGE; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33646823588     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.3.3.437     Document Type: Review

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