A 3D in vitro spheroid model as a way to study the mechanisms of electroporation

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-284

  Wasungu, L ^a,b   Escoffre, J M ^a,b   Valette, A ^b,c   Teissie, J ^a,b   Rols, M P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire du Controle de la Proliferation   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Delivery; DNA; Electropermeabilization; Electroporation; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR MODEL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PERMEABILITY; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 68949200273     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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