Ultrasound microbubble contrast agent-mediated suicide gene transfection in the treatment of hepatic cancer\

Oncology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 970-972

  Tang, Qing ^a   He, Xiaohong ^b   Liao, Haixing ^a   He, Liantu ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Zhou, Dazhi ^a   Ye, Sumin ^a   Chen, Qilu ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Hepatic cancer; Microbubble contrast agent; Ultrasound cavitation effect

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; SONOVUE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUICIDE GENE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 84866054933     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.845     Document Type: Article

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