Systemic injection of AAV9 carrying a periostin promoter targets gene expression to a myofibroblast-like lineage in mouse hearts after reperfused myocardial infarction

Gene Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 469-478

  Piras, B A ^a   Tian, Y ^b   Xu, Y ^a   Thomas, N A ^a   O'Connor, D M ^a   French, B A ^a,b,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POSTN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEROTYPE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HEART; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINEAGE; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC THERAPY; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84961231312     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2016.20     Document Type: Article

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