Therapeutic Neovascularization - Quo vadis?

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This collection of current and future concepts of neovascularization offers fascinating insights into refining a powerful therapeutic tool which has not yet had the chance to live up to the expectations and needs of the medical community. It examines current refinements in the fundamental concept of neovascularization and describes the most recent developments, which in the future might pave the way towards a new era of therapeutic applications.

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Clinical Vascular Growth Factor Therapy for Neovascularization in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.- The Strengths and Weaknesses of VEGF Adenovirus-Driven Angiogenesis.- Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis in Diabetes Mellitus: Signal Transduction Defects as the Molecular Basis of Vascular Cell Dysfunction.- Endothelial Activation and Neointimal Hyperplasia: A Double-Edged Sword.- Pampering and Priming the Heart.- Coronary Venous Retroinfusion: A Novel Venue of Regional Induction of Neovascularization.- Integrative Pro-angiogenic Activation: HIF-?.- The Maturation of Vessels A Limitation to Forced Neovascularization?.- Vascular and Neuronal Development: Intersecting Parallelisms and rossroads.- Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptides Modulate Angiogenesis.- The Biology of Embryonic and Adult Endothelial Progenitor Cells.- Signaling Behind Progenitor Cell Mobilization: Focus on Enos and Caveolin.- The Role of Monocytes/Macrophages and Vascular Resident Precursor Cells in Collateral Growth.