Surgical Removal of Internal Limiting Membrane and Layering of AAV Vector on the Retina Under Air Enhances Gene Transfection in a Nonhuman Primate
Author(s) -
Kelvin Yi Chong Teo,
Shu Yen Lee,
Veluchamy A. Barathi,
Sai Bo Bo Tun,
Licia Tan,
Ian J. Constable
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.18-24333
Subject(s) - transfection , green fluorescent protein , inner limiting membrane , colocalization , vitrectomy , ganglion cell layer , pars plana , ophthalmology , microbiology and biotechnology , retina , chemistry , biology , pathology , retinal , medicine , cell culture , visual acuity , gene , biochemistry , genetics , neuroscience
To determine if the surgical removal of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) in nonhuman primates (NHPs) will result in safe and effective transfection of adeno-associated viral (AAV2) vectors using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter.
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