Influence of Needle Gauge On In Vivo Ultrasound and Microbubble-Mediated Gene Transfection

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1531-1537

  Browning, Richard J ^a   Mulvana, Helen ^a   Tang, Mengxing ^a   Hajnal, Jo V ^a   Wells, Dominic J ^b   Eckersley, Robert J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene transfection; In vivo bioluminescence; Luciferase; Microbubble; Needle gauge; Systemic delivery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO BIOLUMINESCENCE; LUCIFERASE; MICRO-BUBBLE; SYSTEMIC DELIVERY;

GAGES; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMALS; NEEDLES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

LUCIFERASE; SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICROBUBBLES; NEEDLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRANSFECTION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79960954431     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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