Effect of intramuscular injection of hepatocyte growth factor plasmid DNA with electroporation on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in rats

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1432-1437

  Long, Xiang ^a   Xiong, Sheng Dao ^a   Xiong, Wei Ning ^a   Xu, Yong Jian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gene therapy; Hepatocyte growth factor; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34548387380     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200708020-00010     Document Type: Article

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