Hydrodynamics based transfection in normal and fibrotic rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 6149-6155

  Yeikilis, Rita ^a   Gal, Shunit ^a   Kopeiko, Natalia ^a   Paizi, Melia ^a   Pines, Mark ^b   Braet, Filip ^c   Spira, Gadi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelial lining; Endothelium; Extracellular matrix; Fenestrae; Fibrosis; Fibrotic; Gene transfection; Hepatic; In vivo transfection; Sinusoidal; Space of disse

Indexed keywords

HALOFUGINONE; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS BASED TRANSFECTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33750629632     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i38.6149     Document Type: Article

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