A comparison of non-viral vectors for gene delivery to pancreatic β-cells: Delivering a hypoxia-inducible vascular endothelial growth factor gene to rat islets

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-762

  Lee, Byung Wan ^a   Chae, Hee Young ^a   Tuyen, Tran Thi Ngoc ^b   Kang, Dongchul ^b   Kim, Hyun Ah ^c   Lee, Minhyung ^c   Ihm, Sung Hee ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Effectene; Islets; Non viral vector; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; ACRIDINE ORANGE; EFFECTENE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMAGGLUTINATING VIRUS OF JAPAN ENVELOP; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; LIPID; LUCIFERASE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO GENE TRANSFER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VECTORS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIPIDS; MALE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67649515538     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000189     Document Type: Article

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