Viral vectors and delivery systems for gene therapy in cardiovascular medicine - The intersection of molecular biology and interventional cardiology

MY Flugelman, DA Halon, BS Lewis, P Touboul (Editor)

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Abstract

A significant number of patients with syndromes related to arterial obstructive disease cannot benefit from current therapeutic modalities. Theoretically, gene transfer can be used in these and most other patients with cardiovascular disorders. With the completion of the human gene project it can be anticipated that genes relevant to cardiovascular medicine will be identified in the near future. The limiting factor in the use of gene therapy will remain the application of local delivery systems and gene transfer vectors. Viral vectors and catheter-based local delivery systems seems to provide the best modalities in clinically applicable gene transfer protocols. Joint effort of interventional cardiologists and molecular biologists will provide the required knowledge to make gene transfer a clinical reality.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: PREVENTION TO INTERVENTION
EditorsBS Lewis, DA Halon, MY Flugelman, P Touboul
Pages13-17
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
  • ARTERIAL-WALL
  • ANGIOGENESIS

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