The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 554-560 , May 2008

Efficient and Durable Gene Transfer to Transplanted Heart Using Adeno-associated Virus 9 Vector

  • Naoto Miyagi, MD

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Vinay P. Rao, MD

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Davide Ricci, MD

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Zeji Du, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Guerard W. Byrne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Kent R. Bailey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Hiroyuki Nakai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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  • Christopher G.A. McGregor, MB, FRCS, MD (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher G. A. McGregor, MD (Hons), William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. Telephone: 507-255-6038. Fax: 507-255-4500.

Received 28 September 2007 ,Revised 14 January 2008 ,Accepted 24 January 2008.

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (Grant HL66958 P2) and the Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.

PII: S1053-2498(08)00106-X

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.025

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 554-560 , May 2008

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