Maternal Therapy with Ad.VEGF-A165 Increases Fetal Weight at Term in a Guinea-Pig Model of Fetal Growth Restriction

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 997-1007

  Swanson, Anna M ^a   Rossi, Carlo A ^a   Ofir, Keren ^a   Mehta, Vedanta ^b   Boyd, Michael ^c   Barker, Hannah ^c   Ledwozyw, Agata ^a   Vaughan, Owen ^a   Martin, John ^b   Zachary, Ian ^b   Sebire, Neil ^d   Peebles, Donald M ^a   David, Anna L ^a  

^a Institute for Women's Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenovirus VEGF; fetal growth restriction; guinea pig; maternal gene therapy; placental insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GROWTH FACTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A 165; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GONAD; GUINEA PIG MODEL; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG; LUNG WEIGHT; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SPLEEN; TARGET TISSUE; THYMUS; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASODILATATION; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; GUINEA PIGS; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 85007002179     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: 15577422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.2016.046     Document Type: Article

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