Long-term silencing of intersectin-1s in mouse lungs by repeated delivery of a specific siRNA via cationic liposomes. Evaluation of knockdown effects by electron microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 76, 2013, Pages

  Bardita, Cristina ^a   Predescu, Dan ^a   Predescu, Sanda ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic itsn 1s knockdown; Anatomy; Animal model; Animal models; Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering; Cardiovascular diseases; Cellular biology; Electron microscopy; Endothelial cells; Genetics; Immunology; Intersectin 1s; Issue 76; Liposome; Liposomes; Lung; Medicine; Molecular biology; Perfusion; Pharmacology; Physiology; Retro orbital injection; SiRNA; Tissue; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879670884     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50316     Document Type: Article

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