Women and heart disease--physiologic regulation of gene delivery and expression : bioreducible polymers and ischemia-inducible gene therapies for the treatment of ischemic heart disease

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States today. This year over 750,000 women will have a new or recurrent myocardial infarction. Currently, the mainstay of therapy for IHD is revascularization. Increasing evidence, however, suggests that revascularization alone is insufficient for the longer-term management of many patients with IHD. To address these issues, innovative therapies that extend beyond revascularization to protection of the myocyte and preservation of ventricular function are required. The emergence of gene therapy and proteomics offers the potential for innovative prophylactic and treatment strategies for IHD. The goal of our research is to develop therapeutic gene constructs for the treatment of myocardial ischemia that are clinically safe and effective. Toward this end, we describe the development of physiologic regulation of gene delivery and expression using bioreducible polymers and ischemia-inducible gene therapies for the potential treatment of ischemic heart disease in women.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Advanced drug delivery reviews - 61(2009), 10 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 863-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yockman, James W [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sung Wan [VerfasserIn]
Bull, David A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Drug Carriers
Journal Article
Polymers
Review

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Date Completed 02.11.2009

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.addr.2009.04.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM188343857