Baculovirus-mediated interferon alleviates dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver cirrhosis symptoms in a murine model

Gene Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 990-997

  Nishibe, Y ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Suzuki, H ^a   Abe, T ^b   Matsuura, Y ^b   Takaku, H ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS VECTOR; COLLAGENASE 3; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; GELATINASE A; INTERFERON; MUTAGENIC AGENT; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COLLAGEN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 45749134276     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2008.29     Document Type: Article

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