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Gene therapy targeting leiomyoma: adenovirus-mediated delivery of dominant-negative estrogen receptor gene shrinks uterine tumors in Eker rat model.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Jan 2010
Hassan Memy H, Salama Salama A, Zhang Dong, Arafa Hossam M M, Hamada Farid M A, Fouad Hala, Walker Cheryl C, Al-Hendy Ayman
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of gene therapy for uterine fibroids in the Eker rat model using an adenovirus-mediated delivery of a dominant-negative estrogen receptor gene (Ad-DNER). DESIGN: Animal study. SETTING: University animal laboratory. ANIMAL(S): Twenty-seven female Eker rats. INTERVENTION(S): We randomized Eker rats with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-confirmed uterine leiomyomas to a single...
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