Trehalose maintains vitality of mouse epididymal epithelial cells and mediates gene transfer.

In the present study, trehalose was utilized to improve primary culture of mouse epididymal epithelial cells in vitro, and to enhance naked DNA delivery in epididymis in vivo. During the six-day culture, the proliferation activity of the cells in the medium with addition of trehalose was higher than...

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Main Authors: Bin Qu, Yihua Gu, Jian Shen, Jinzhou Qin, Jianqiang Bao, Yuan Hu, Wenxian Zeng, Wuzi Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3961358?pdf=render