Dual therapeutic effects of interferon-α gene therapy in a rat hepatocellular carcinoma model with liver cirrhosis

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1681-1687

  Huang, Kai Wen ^a   Huang, Yung Chi ^a   Tai, Kuo Feng ^a,c   Chen, Bo Hua ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a   Hwang, Lih Hwa ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 54849176000     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2008.160     Document Type: Article

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