Cell-specific enhancement of liposomal transfection by steroids in steroid receptor expressing cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1201-1205

  Köster, Frank ^a   Schröder, Andreas ^a   Finas, Dominique ^a   Hauser, Charlotte ^b   Diedrich, Klaus ^a   Felberbaum, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Octagene GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endometrium cancer; Liposomal transfection; Steroids

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYLOXY 3 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)PROPANE; 1,2-DIOLEOYLOXY-3-(TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)PROPANE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOSOME; LUCIFERASE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; LUCIFERASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; STEROIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 39049190407     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.18.6.1201     Document Type: Article

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