Engineering brown fat into skeletal muscle using ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction gene delivery in obese Zucker rats: Proof of concept design
plasmid cDNA contructs encoding a gene cocktail with BMP7/ PRDM16/PPARGC1A incorporated within microbubbles and intravenously delivered into their left thigh. Controls received UTMD with plasmids driving a DsRed reporter gene. An ultrasound transducer was directed to the thigh to disrupt the mic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | http://eprints.uanl.mx/18859/1/4.pdf |
Summary: | plasmid cDNA contructs encoding a gene cocktail with BMP7/
PRDM16/PPARGC1A incorporated within microbubbles and
intravenously delivered into their left thigh. Controls received
UTMD with plasmids driving a DsRed reporter gene. An ultrasound transducer was directed to the thigh to disrupt the
microbubbles within the microcirculation. Blood samples were
drawn at baseline, and after treatment to measure glucose,
insulin, and free fatty acids levels |
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