In Vivo Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene Transfer to Bladder Smooth Muscle After Bladder Outlet Obstruction in the Rat: A Morphometric Analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1230-1235

  Ku, Ja Hyeon ^a   Kim, Yoonjung ^a   Moon, Kyung Chul ^b   Kim, Yon Su ^b   Kim, Myung Suk ^b   Kim, Hyeon Hoe ^b   Paick, Jae Seung ^b  

^a Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bladder; bladder neck obstruction; gene transfer techniques; hepatocyte growth factor; rats; Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; LIPOSOME; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33746574646     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.04.036     Document Type: Article

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