Enhancement of Microbubble Mediated Gene Delivery by Simultaneous Exposure to Ultrasonic and Magnetic Fields

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 861-868

  Stride, Eleanor ^a   Porter, Colin ^b   Prieto, Ana Garcia ^b   Pankhurst, Quentin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CENTRE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Magnetofection; Microbubbles; Sonoporation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENTS; MAGNETOFECTION; MICROBUBBLES; SONOPORATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICELLE; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICROBUBBLES; SONICATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 65349154685     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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