High efficiency non-viral transfection of retinal and iris pigment epithelial cells with pigment epithelium-derived factor

Gene Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-189

  Thumann, G ^a   Stocker M ^a   Maltusch, C ^a   Salz, A K ^a   Barth, S ^a   Walter, P ^a   Johnen, S ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Iris pigment epithelial cells; Neurodegenerative diseases; Nucleofection; PEDF

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRIS; IRIS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPORATION; EYE PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRIS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PLASMIDS; RATS; SERPINS; SWINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 76749148988     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2009.124     Document Type: Article

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