Biopump: Autologous skin-derived micro-organ genetically engineered to provide sustained continuous secretion of therapeutic proteins

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-497

  Mitrani, Eduardo ^a   Pearlman, Andrew ^b   Stern, Baruch ^b   Miari, Reem ^b   Goltsman, Haim ^b   Kunicher, Nikolai ^c   Panet, Amos ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Medgenics Inc   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

biopump; erythropoietin; interferon alpha; micro organ; vector

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SKIN GRAFT; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LENTIVIRUS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84857579837     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2012.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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