POD nanoparticles expressing GDNF provide structural and functional rescue of light-induced retinal degeneration in an adult mouse

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1917-1926

  Read, Sarah P ^a   Cashman, Siobhan M ^a   Kumar Singh, Rajendra ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE FOR OCULAR DELIVERY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EMBRYO; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 78049464462     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2010.167     Document Type: Article

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