Gene therapy delivery systems for enhancing viral and nonviral vectors for cardiac diseases: Current concepts and future applications

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 914-927

  Katz, Michael G ^a   Fargnoli, Anthony S ^a   Williams, Richard D ^a   Bridges, Charles R ^a  

^a LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NAKED DNA; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PHOSPHOLAMBAN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN S100A1; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SCATTER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 121; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS 6; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS 8; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS 9; CARDIOVASCULAR GENE THERAPY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROPORATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE GUN; GENE TRANSFER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TRANSGENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPENDOVIRUS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MICROINJECTIONS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84886780699     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: 15577422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.2013.2517     Document Type: Review

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