Electroporative transfection with KGF-1 DNA improves wound healing in a diabetic mouse model
Marti G, Ferguson M, Wang J, Byrnes C, Dieb R, Qaiser R, Bonde P, Duncan M, Harmon J. Electroporative transfection with KGF-1 DNA improves wound healing in a diabetic mouse model. Gene Therapy 2004, 11: 1780-1785. PMID: 15470477, DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalElectroporationFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 7Fibroblast Growth FactorsGene ExpressionGenetic TherapyMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlasmidsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSkinTransfectionWound HealingConceptsKeratinocyte growth factorDiabetic mouse modelMouse modelWound healing modelExcisional woundsWound closureEpithelial cell proliferationRT-PCR assaysDiabetic miceDiabetic individualsUnresolved inflammationDNA injectionMouse wound-healing modelUntreated groupSingle injectionDay 12KGF mRNAELISA assaysKGF proteinHistological analysisGrowth factorSubsequent electroporationNaked DNA injectionCell proliferationWounds