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ReviewGene therapy2012

VEGF gene therapy: therapeutic angiogenesis in the clinic and beyond.

M Giacca, S Zacchigna

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Review in Gene therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
122citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Assessment of the associations between three VEGF polymorphisms and risk of prostate cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  6. Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of Human Cardiomyocyte Proliferation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
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  9. VEGFR1 as a Target for Cardiovascular Gene Therapy.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025
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  19. Cardiac gene delivery using ultrasound: State of the field.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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  20. Variations of VEGFR2 Chemical Space: Stimulator and Inhibitory Peptides.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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62 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M GiaccaMolecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,Padriciano 99, Trieste, Italy. giacca@icgeb.org
S Zacchigna
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the enormous progress made in terms of prevention and early intervention, a pressing need remains to develop innovative therapeutic strategies for ischemic cardiovascular disorders, including acute myocardial infarction, chronic cardiac ischemia, peripheral artery disease and stroke. The induction of new blood vessel formation by delivering angiogenic genes to ischemic tissues continues to appear as a promising, alternative strategy to currently available therapies. In aspiring to induce therapeutic angiogenesis, the members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family have long been recognized as major molecular tools. Remarkably, VEGF family members have recently been recognized to also exert multiple, non-angiogenic effects on various cell types, including neurons, skeletal muscle and cardiac cells. Here, we critically review the VEGF-based therapies that have already reached clinical experimentation and highlight the pleiotropic activities of VEGF factors that might create new opportunities for therapeutic application.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicCoronary Artery DiseaseGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansNeovascularization, PhysiologicVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Identifiers

PMID22378343
OpenAlexW2082001997

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