Liposomal packaging generates Wnt protein with in vivo biological activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Morrell, Nathan T ^a   Leucht, Philipp ^a   Zhao, Ludan ^a   Kim, Jae Beom ^a   ten Berge, Derk ^b   Ponnusamy, Karthik ^a   Carre, A Lyonel ^a   Dudek, Henryk ^c   Zachlederova, Marie ^c   McElhaney, Michael ^c   Brunton, Shirley ^d   Gunzner, Janet ^e   Callow, Marinella ^e   Polakis, Paul ^e   Costa, Mike ^e   Zhang, Xiaoyan M ^c   Helms, Jill A ^a   Nusse, Roel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CURIS INC   (United States)

^d EVOTEC UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; WNT3A PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENCAPSULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID VESICLE; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 51449089880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002930     Document Type: Article

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