Gene Targeting to the Uteroplacental Circulation of Pregnant Guinea Pigs

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1087-1095

  Mehta, Vedanta ^a   Ofir, Keren ^a   Swanson, Anna ^a   Kloczko, Ewa ^a   Boyd, Michael ^b   Barker, Hannah ^b   Avdic Belltheus, Adnan ^b   Martin, John ^a   Zachary, Ian ^a   Peebles, Donald ^a   David, Anna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenovirus vector; Guinea pig; pluronic gel; prenatal gene therapy; uteroplacental circulation; VEGF A165

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLOXAMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEPSIS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS HORN; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS PARTICLE; X GAL HISTOCHEMISTRY; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ILIAC ARTERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GUINEA PIGS; ILIAC ARTERY; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RADIAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84978194389     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719116630411     Document Type: Article

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