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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2017

Cardiovascular Gene Therapy: Past, Present, and Future.

Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Andrew H Baker

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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89citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 162 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Gene Therapy for Heart Failure.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026
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  2. Development of a Flexible Parallel Wire Robot for Epicardial Interventions.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026
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  20. Casein kinase 2 activity is a host restriction factor for AAV transduction.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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29 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Seppo Ylä-HerttualaA.I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1, 70211 Kuopio, Finland; Heart Center and Gene Therapy Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, PO Box 100, 70029 KYS Kuopio, Finland. Electronic address: seppo.ylaherttuala@uef.fi.
Andrew H BakerCentre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.
Kuopio University Hospital · FIUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases remain a large global health problem. Although several conventional small-molecule treatments are available for common cardiovascular problems, gene therapy is a potential treatment option for acquired and inherited cardiovascular diseases that remain with unmet clinical needs. Among potential targets for gene therapy are severe cardiac and peripheral ischemia, heart failure, vein graft failure, and some forms of dyslipidemias. The first approved gene therapy in the Western world was indicated for lipoprotein lipase deficiency, which causes high plasma triglyceride levels. With improved gene delivery methods and more efficient vectors, together with interventional transgene strategies aligned for a better understanding of the pathophysiology of these diseases, new approaches are currently tested for safety and efficacy in clinical trials. In this article, we integrate a historical perspective with recent advances that will likely affect clinical development in this research area.

Indexed as

Adenoviruses, HumanAnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalDrug ApprovalFibroblast Growth Factor 4Gene ExpressionGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInjections, IntramuscularSarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPasesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AFGF4 protein, humanFibroblast Growth Factor 4Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPasesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, humancardiovascular gene therapyclinical trialsendpointsheart failurehyperlipidemiasischemiatrial design

Identifiers

PMID28389321
PMCPMC5417840
OpenAlexW2597699510

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