title: [Gene therapy in chronic heart failure--hopes and fears].
abstract: The article presents current views on the possibility of the applying of the gene therapy for advanced heart failure treatment. The gene therapy which offers a completely new treatment of this disease, but it requires a lot of many further efforts in development of gene-transfer vectors, gene-delivery techniques and new target genes identification.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Biochemii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku ul. Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaletha
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chodorowski
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szydłowska
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rybakowska
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D002118:Calcium