Changing electrode orientation, but not pulse polarity, increases the efficacy of gene electrotransfer to tumors in vivo

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Todorovic, Vesna ^a   Kamensek, Urska ^a   Sersa, Gregor ^a   Cemazar, Maja ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gene electrotransfer; Murine fibrosarcoma; Pulse polarity; Skin

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROTRANSFER; IN-VIVO; MURINE FIBROSARCOMA; PULSE POLARITY;

SKIN;

LUCIFERASE; PLASMID DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PULSE POLARITY; PULSE RATE; REPORTER GENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEVICES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASMS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84908451423     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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