Adenovirus-based vascular endothelial growth factor gene delivery to human pancreatic islets

Gene Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1105-1116

  Cheng, K ^a   Fraga, D ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Kotb, M ^a   Gaber, A O ^a   Guntaka, R V ^a   Mahato, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; DNA fragmentation; Human islets; hVEGF; Immunohistochemistry; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LYSATE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVASCULARIZATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS INFECTION; ADENOVIRUS; CELL CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANTIGENS, CD31; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NECROSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 4243066440     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302267     Document Type: Article

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