Introduction of genes via sonoporation and electroporation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 818, Issue , 2014, Pages 231-254

  Kalli, Christina ^a   Teoh, Wey Chyi ^a   Leen, Edward ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gene delivery; Sonoporation

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; BLEOMYCIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 9; ECHOVIST; GEMCITABINE; PERFLUTREN; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SONOVUE;

ACOUSTICS; CATHETER BASED ELECTRODE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEEDLE ELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLATE ELECTRODE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONOPORATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UNFOCUSED ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; GENE VECTOR; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; TRANSFECTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84921680758     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6458-6_12     Document Type: Review

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