Noninvasive delivery of small inhibitory RNA and other reagents to pulmonary alveoli in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 5 31-5, 2004, Pages

  Massaro, Donald ^a   Massaro, Gloria DeCarlo ^a   Clerch, Linda Biadasz ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Emphysema; Kidney; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CALFACTANT; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; ELASTASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EMPHYSEMA; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; EMPHYSEMA; GENE THERAPY; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 4644302416     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00067.2004     Document Type: Article

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