Augmentation of erythropoietin enhancer-mediated hypoxia-inducible gene expression by co-transfection of a plasmid encoding hypoxia-inducible factor 1α for ischemic tissue targeting gene therapy

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Lee, Suyeon ^a   Kim, Kyunghwa ^a   Kim, Hyun Ah ^a   Kim, Sung Wan ^a   Lee, Minhyung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiogenic growth factor; Erythropoietin enhancer; Hypoxia inducible factor 1 ; Ischemia; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; LUCIFERASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENIC GENE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ANGIOTENSIN I; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; KIDNEY; LUCIFERASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 38049075353     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860701699693     Document Type: Article

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