Positron emission tomography and gene therapy: Basic concepts and experimental approaches for in vivo gene expression imaging

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-238

  Peñuelas, Iván ^a   Boán, José F ^a   Martí Climent, Josep M ^a   Sangro, Bruno ^a   Mazzolini, Guillermo ^a   Prieto, Jesús ^a   Richter, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Molecular imaging; PET

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER 64; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; FIALURIDINE; FLUORINE; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 68; GANCICLOVIR; INDIUM 111; IODINE; IODINE 124; PENCICLOVIR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2; TECHNETIUM 99M; THYMIDINE KINASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUICIDE GENE THERAPY; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 3543129495     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mibio.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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