Review Article

The Trojan Horse Liposome Technology for Nonviral Gene Transfer across the Blood-Brain Barrier

Table 4

Summary of serum chemistry in long-term treatment with THLs.

AssayUnitsSalinemIgG2a-PILOX26-PIL

SodiummM143 ± 1142 ± 1140 ± 1
PotassiummM      4.4 ± 0.1      4.6 ± 0.1      4.6 ± 0.2
ChloridemM100 ± 1100 ± 1100 ± 1
CO2mM   29 ± 1   29 ± 1   27 ± 1
Glucosemg/dL168 ± 8160 ± 6163 ± 4
Creatininemg/dL      0.45 ± 0.03      0.40 ± 0.01      0.45 ± 0.02
Urea nitrogenmg/dL   19 ± 1   21 ± 2   18 ± 1
Total proteing/dL      5.2 ± 0.1      5.3 ± 0.1      5.3 ± 0.1
Albuming/dL      1.4 ± 0.1      1.4 ± 0.1      1.4 ± 0.1
Bilirubin, totalmg/dL      0.35 ± 0.03      0.25 ± 0.05      0.33 ± 0.02
Alk phosU/L   231 ± 27   212 ± 25   281 ± 11
AST (SGOT)U/L   65 ± 5   59 ± 2   74 ± 6
ALT (SGPT)U/L   54 ± 2   52 ± 3   59 ± 1
Calciummg/dL      9.4 ± 0.1      9.5 ± 0.2      9.2 ± 0.1

Data are mean ± SE ( rats in each of the three treatment groups). From [49].