Improved animal models for testing gene therapy for atherosclerosis

Human Gene Therapy Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-114

  Du, Liang ^a   Zhang, Jingwan ^a   De Meyer, Guido R Y ^b   Flynn, Rowan ^a   Dichek, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CHOLESTEROL; CIRCULAR DNA; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR GENE THERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HELPER VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID DIET; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT MODEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VESSEL WALL DIRECTED GENE THERAPY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; INTIMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; RABBITS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84898734595     PISSN: 19466536     EISSN: 19466544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hgtb.2013.199     Document Type: Article

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