Local gene transfer and expression following intramuscular administration of FGF-1 plasmid DNA in patients with critical limb ischemia

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 914-921

  Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Chronos, Nicolas ^b   Comerota, Anthony ^c   Henry, Timothy ^d   Pasquet, Jean Paul ^e   Finiels, François ^e   Caron, Anne ^e   Dedieu, Jean François ^e   Pilsudski, Richard ^e   Delaère, Pia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Atlanta Cardiovasc Res Institute   (United States)

^c JOBST VASCULAR CENTER   (United States)

^d MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISCHEMIA; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 67349276653     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2009.24     Document Type: Article

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