Stimulation of functional vessel growth by gene therapy.
The process of growing new blood vessels through gene therapy may be difficult but is certainly possible. This review will discuss the most important factors determining the efficacy of angiogenic gene therapy.
Korpisalo
Petra
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A.I. Virtanen Institute, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
Ylä-Herttuala
Seppo
S
D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000254:growth & development*; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends*