Ultrasound-assisted microbubbles gene transfer in tendons for gene therapy

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Delalande, Anthony ^a,c   Bureau, Michel Francis ^b   Midoux, Patrick ^a   Bouakaz, Ayache ^c   Pichon, Chantal ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Gene transfer; Microbubbles; Tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS;

ACHILLES TENDONS; ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE-TIME; LUCIFERASE GENES; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLES; NAKED PLASMID; PLASMID ENCODING;

GENE THERAPY;

BR14 CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; FLUOROCARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLASMID; ULTRASOUND;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROCARBONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MICE; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMIDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSFECTION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 71549157450     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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