Efficient transfection of tumors facilitated by long-term therapeutic ultrasound in combination with contrast agent: From in vitro to in vivo setting

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-315

  Duvshani Eshet, M ^a   Machluf, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Optison; Therapeutic ultrasound; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DNA; FS 069; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DNA; FLUOROCARBONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSPHERES; PLASMIDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33847032954     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: 14765500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7701015     Document Type: Article

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