Differential effects on kidney and liver growth of a non-viral hGH-expression vector in hypophysectomized mice

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-287

  Khamaisi, Mogher ^a,e   Søndergaard, Morten ^b   Segev, Yael ^c   Dagnaes Hansen, Frederik ^b   Jensen, Thomas G ^b   Landau, Danny ^d   Raz, Itamar ^e   Flyvbjerg, Allan ^a  

^a Clinical Institute   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human growth hormone; Hydrodynamic gene transfer; Insulin like growth factor I; Kidney; Liver; Non viral gene therapy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYDRODYNAMICS BASED TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAIL; TIBIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34547198809     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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