Enhancement Effect of Ultrasound-Induced Microbubble Cavitation on Branched Polyethylenimine-Mediated VEGF165 Transfection With Varied N/P Ratio

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-171

  Zhang, Chun Bing ^a,b   Cao, Hui Lin ^b   Li, Qian ^a   Tu, Juan ^a   Guo, Xiasheng ^a   Liu, Zheng ^c   Zhang, Dong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BPEI; Gene drug delivery; Microbubble cavitation; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

ANGIOGENIC PROCESS; BPEI; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CELL VIABILITY; DELIVERY VECTOR; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; INERTIAL CAVITATION; ISOFORMS; MICRO-BUBBLE; NONVIRAL; POLYETHYLENIMINES; SATURATION LEVELS; SONOPORATION; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND PULSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VEGF;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DNA; NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBUBBLE; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PASSIVE CAVITATION DETECTION SYSTEM; POROSITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84870307506     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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