Organ-specific endothelial cell uptake of cationic liposome-DNA complexes in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  McLean, John W ^a   Fox, Edward A ^b   Baluk, Peter ^a   Bolton, Patrick B ^a   Haskell, Amy ^a   Pearlman, Rodney ^b   Thurston, Gavin ^a   Umemoto, Eric Y ^a   McDonald, Donald M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Megabios Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Endosomes; Fluorescence microscopy; Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Leukocytes; Macrophages; Platelets; Transfection

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4244142621     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.1.h387     Document Type: Article

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