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Taming of the wild vessel : promoting vessel stabilization for safe therapeutic angiogenesis

Reginato, Silvia and Gianni-Barrera, Roberto and Banfi, Andrea. (2011) Taming of the wild vessel : promoting vessel stabilization for safe therapeutic angiogenesis. Biochemical Society transactions, Vol. 39, H. 6. pp. 1654-1658.

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Abstract

VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) is the master regulator of blood vessel growth. However, it displayed substantial limitations when delivered as a single gene to restore blood flow in ischaemic conditions. Indeed, uncontrolled VEGF expression can easily induce aberrant vascular structures, and short-term expression leads to unstable vessels. Targeting the second stage of the angiogenic process, i.e. vascular maturation, is an attractive strategy to induce stable and functional vessels for therapeutic angiogenesis. The present review discusses the limitations of VEGF-based gene therapy, briefly summarizes the current knowledge of the molecular and cellular regulation of vascular maturation, and describes recent pre-clinical evidence on how the maturation stage could be targeted to achieve therapeutic angiogenesis.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Cell and Gene Therapy (Banfi)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Chirurgische Forschung (Heberer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Chirurgische Forschung (Heberer)
UniBasel Contributors:Gianni' Barrera, Roberto and Reginato, Silvia and Banfi, Andrea
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Portland Press
ISSN:0300-5127
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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