Engineering human mesenchymal stem cells to release adenosine using miRNA technology

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 650, Issue , 2010, Pages 225-240

  Ren, Gaoying ^a   Boison, Detlev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; adenosine kinase; cell therapy; epilepsy; human mesenchymal stem cells; kainic acid; lentivirus; RNAi

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE KINASE; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRINAE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEIZURE;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE KINASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEIZURES;

EID: 79952024446     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-769-3_17     Document Type: Article

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