Limbal approach-subretinal injection of viral vectors for gene therapy in mice retinal pigment epithelium

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 102, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Park, Sung Wook ^a,b   Kim, Jin Hyoung ^b   Park, Woo Jin ^c   Kim, Jeong Hun ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eye; Gene therapy; Mice; Neuroscience; Ophthalmology; Retinal pigment epithelium; Subretinal injection; Virus

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORNEA LIMBUS; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LENTIVIRINAE; MOUSE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROCEDURES; RETINAL DISEASES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LENTIVIRUS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84941197756     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53030     Document Type: Article

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