Genetic modification of human sural nerve segments by a lentiviral vector encoding nerve growth factor

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1286-1294

  Tannemaat, Martijn R ^a,b   Boer, Gerard J ^a   Verhaagen, Joost ^a   Malessy, Martijn J A ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene Therapy; Human nerve graft; Lentiviral vector; Nerve growth factor; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SURAL NERVE; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 37649016717     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306108.78044.a2     Document Type: Article

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