Comparison of Gene Delivery Techniques for Therapeutic Angiogenesis. Ultrasound-Mediated Destruction of Carrier Microbubbles Versus Direct Intramuscular Injection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1735-1742

  Kobulnik, Jeremy ^a   Kuliszewski, Michael A ^a   Stewart, Duncan J ^a   Lindner, Jonathan R ^b   Leong Poi, Howard ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; chronic ischemia; gene therapy

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISCHEMIA; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 70349986673     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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