Gene transfer using micellar nanovectors inhibits corneal neovascularization in vivo

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1423-1427

  Iriyama, Aya ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Yanagi, Yasuo ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a   Oba, Makoto ^b   Miyata, Kanjiro ^c   Nishiyama, Nobuhiro ^c   Kataoka, Kazunori ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

corneal neovasucularization; gene transfer; micelle; soluble flt 1

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENEDIAMINE; MACROGOL; NANOCARRIER; PLASMID DNA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; MALE; MICELLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICELLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 81355160429     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318206c893     Document Type: Article

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