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  1. Article ; Online: Capillary Dynamics Regulate Post-Ischemic Muscle Damage and Regeneration in Experimental Hindlimb Ischemia.

    Wirth, Galina / Juusola, Greta / Tarvainen, Santeri / Laakkonen, Johanna P / Korpisalo, Petra / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Cells

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 16

    Abstract: This study aimed to show the significance of capillary function in post-ischemic recovery from the perspective of physiological parameters, such as blood flow, hemoglobin oxygenation and tissue regeneration. Muscle-level microvascular alterations of ... ...

    Abstract This study aimed to show the significance of capillary function in post-ischemic recovery from the perspective of physiological parameters, such as blood flow, hemoglobin oxygenation and tissue regeneration. Muscle-level microvascular alterations of blood flow and hemoglobin oxygenation, and post-ischemic myofiber and capillary responses were analyzed in aged, healthy C57Bl/6J mice (
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Ischemia ; Arteries ; Endothelium, Vascular ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Muscles ; Hindlimb
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2661518-6
    ISSN 2073-4409 ; 2073-4409
    ISSN (online) 2073-4409
    ISSN 2073-4409
    DOI 10.3390/cells12162060
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  2. Article ; Online: Angiogenic gene therapy in cardiovascular diseases: dream or vision?

    Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo / Bridges, Charles / Katz, Michael G / Korpisalo, Petra

    European heart journal

    2017  Volume 38, Issue 18, Page(s) 1365–1371

    Abstract: Chronic cardiovascular diseases are significant health problems. Although current treatment strategies have tremendously improved disease management, up to 30% of these patients cannot be successfully treated with current treatment approaches and new ... ...

    Abstract Chronic cardiovascular diseases are significant health problems. Although current treatment strategies have tremendously improved disease management, up to 30% of these patients cannot be successfully treated with current treatment approaches and new treatment strategies are clearly needed. Gene therapy and therapeutic vascular growth may provide a new treatment option for these patients. Several growth factors, like vascular endothelial growth factors, fibroblast growth factors and hepatocyte growth factor have been tested in clinical trials. However, apart from demonstration of increased vascularity, very few results with clinical significance have been obtained. Problems with gene transfer efficiency, short duration of transgene expression, selection of endpoints, and suboptimal patients for gene therapy have been recognized. Ongoing gene therapy trials have included improvements in study protocols, vector delivery and endpoints, addressing the identified problems. Better, targeted delivery systems and new, more optimal growth factors have been taken to clinical testing. Recent advances in these areas will be discussed and the concept of angiogenic therapy as a sole treatment is re-evaluated. A combination with regenerative therapies or standard revascularization operations might be needed to improve tissue function and clinical benefits.
    MeSH term(s) Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/therapeutic use ; Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Forecasting ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Genetic Therapy/methods ; Genetic Vectors ; Heart Failure/therapy ; Humans ; Myocardial Ischemia/therapy ; Patient Selection ; Peripheral Vascular Diseases/therapy ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors/genetics
    Chemical Substances Angiogenesis Inducing Agents ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 603098-1
    ISSN 1522-9645 ; 0195-668X
    ISSN (online) 1522-9645
    ISSN 0195-668X
    DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw547
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  3. Article ; Online: Stimulation of functional vessel growth by gene therapy.

    Korpisalo, Petra / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro

    2010  Volume 2, Issue 2-3, Page(s) 102–112

    Abstract: The process of growing new blood vessels through gene therapy may be difficult but is certainly possible. This review will discuss the most important factors determining the efficacy of angiogenic gene therapy. ...

    Abstract The process of growing new blood vessels through gene therapy may be difficult but is certainly possible. This review will discuss the most important factors determining the efficacy of angiogenic gene therapy.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Blood Vessels/growth & development ; Genetic Therapy/trends ; Humans ; Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology ; Tissue Engineering/trends
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2480063-6
    ISSN 1757-9708 ; 1757-9694
    ISSN (online) 1757-9708
    ISSN 1757-9694
    DOI 10.1039/b921869f
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  4. Article ; Online: Efficacy and Safety of Clinical-Grade Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-D

    Leikas, Aleksi J / Laham-Karam, Nihay / Agtereek, Eline / Peltonen, Hanna M / Selander, Tuomas / Korpisalo, Petra / Holappa, Lari / Hartikainen, Juha E K / Heikura, Tommi / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Human gene therapy

    2021  Volume 32, Issue 13-14, Page(s) 761–770

    Abstract: Biological bypass through induced angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D) gene therapy (GT) is a new concept for the treatment of cardiac ischemia. Serotype 5 adenoviruses are used in the clinical trials for transferring the VEGF-D ... ...

    Abstract Biological bypass through induced angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D) gene therapy (GT) is a new concept for the treatment of cardiac ischemia. Serotype 5 adenoviruses are used in the clinical trials for transferring the VEGF-D cDNA into the ischemic myocardium. However, the presence of replication-competent vectors in the adenovirus products is a widely recognized problem that may pose a potential safety risk to the treated patients. We compared three different VEGF-D GT production lots containing different levels of replication-competent adenoviruses (RCA) tested in 3 × 10
    MeSH term(s) Adenoviridae/genetics ; Adenoviridae/metabolism ; Adenoviruses, Human ; Animals ; Genetic Therapy ; Genetic Vectors/genetics ; Humans ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Rabbits ; Tissue Distribution ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1028152-6
    ISSN 1557-7422 ; 1043-0342
    ISSN (online) 1557-7422
    ISSN 1043-0342
    DOI 10.1089/hum.2020.299
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  5. Article ; Online: Critical limb-threatening ischaemia and microvascular transformation: clinical implications.

    Tarvainen, Santeri / Wirth, Galina / Juusola, Greta / Hautero, Olli / Kalliokoski, Kari / Sjöros, Tanja / Nikulainen, Veikko / Taavitsainen, Jouni / Hytönen, Jarkko / Frimodig, Crister / Happonen, Krista / Selander, Tuomas / Laitinen, Tomi / Hakovirta, Harri H / Knuuti, Juhani / Laham-Karam, Nihay / Hartikainen, Juha / Mäkinen, Kimmo / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo /
    Korpisalo, Petra

    European heart journal

    2023  Volume 45, Issue 4, Page(s) 255–264

    Abstract: Background and aims: Clinical management of critical limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) is focused on prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic arterial occlusions. The role of microvascular pathology in disease progression is still largely unspecified ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Clinical management of critical limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) is focused on prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic arterial occlusions. The role of microvascular pathology in disease progression is still largely unspecified and more importantly not utilized for treatment. The aim of this explorative study was to characterize the role of the microvasculature in CLTI pathology.
    Methods: Clinical high-resolution imaging of CLTI patients (n = 50) and muscle samples from amputated CLTI limbs (n = 40) were used to describe microvascular pathology of CLTI at the level of resting muscle blood flow and microvascular structure, respectively. Furthermore, a chronic, low arterial driving pressure-simulating ischaemia model in rabbits (n = 24) was used together with adenoviral vascular endothelial growth factor A gene transfers to study the effect of microvascular alterations on muscle outcome.
    Results: Resting microvascular blood flow was not depleted but displayed decreased capillary transit time (P < .01) in CLTI muscles. Critical limb-threatening ischaemia muscle microvasculature also exhibited capillary enlargement (P < .001) and further arterialization along worsening of myofibre atrophy and detaching of capillaries from myofibres. Furthermore, CLTI-like capillary transformation was shown to worsen calf muscle force production (P < .05) and tissue outcome (P < .01) under chronic ischaemia in rabbits and in healthy, normal rabbit muscle.
    Conclusions: These findings depict a progressive, hypoxia-driven transformation of the microvasculature in CLTI muscles, which pathologically alters blood flow dynamics and aggravates tissue damage under low arterial driving pressure. Hypoxia-driven capillary enlargement can be highly important for CLTI outcomes and should therefore be considered in further development of diagnostics and treatment of CLTI.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Rabbits ; Animals ; Peripheral Arterial Disease/therapy ; Risk Factors ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Ischemia ; Hypoxia ; Treatment Outcome ; Retrospective Studies ; Chronic Disease
    Chemical Substances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 603098-1
    ISSN 1522-9645 ; 0195-668X
    ISSN (online) 1522-9645
    ISSN 0195-668X
    DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad562
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  6. Article ; Online: Improved endothelialization of small-diameter ePTFE vascular grafts through growth factor therapy.

    Hytönen, Jarkko P / Leppänen, Olli / Taavitsainen, Jouni / Korpisalo, Petra / Laidinen, Svetlana / Alitalo, Kari / Wadström, Jonas / Rissanen, Tuomas T / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Vascular biology (Bristol, England)

    2019  Volume 1, Issue 1, Page(s) 1–9

    Abstract: Background: Prosthetic vascular grafts in humans characteristically lack confluent endothelialization regardless of the duration of implantation. Use of high-porosity grafts has been proposed as a way to induce endothelialization through transgraft ... ...

    Abstract Background: Prosthetic vascular grafts in humans characteristically lack confluent endothelialization regardless of the duration of implantation. Use of high-porosity grafts has been proposed as a way to induce endothelialization through transgraft capillarization, although early experiments failed to show increased healing in man.
    Objectives: We hypothesized that transduction of tissues around the prosthetic conduit with vectors encoding VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR2) ligands would augment transinterstitial capillarization and induce luminal endothelialization of high-porosity ePTFE grafts.
    Methods: Fifty-two NZW rabbits received 87 ePTFE uni- or bilateral end-to-end interposition grafts in carotid arteries. Rabbits were randomized to local therapy with adenoviruses encoding AdVEGF-A165, AdVEGF-A109 or control AdLacZ and analyzed at 6 and 28 days after surgery by contrast-enhanced ultrasound and histology.
    Results: AdVEGF-A165 and AdVEGF-A109 dramatically increased perfusion in perigraft tissues at 6 days (14.2 ± 3.6 or 16.7 ± 2.6-fold increases,
    Conclusions: This study suggests that transient local overexpression of VEGFR2 ligands in the peri-implant tissues at the time of graft implantation is a novel strategy to increase endothelialization of high-porosity ePTFE vascular grafts and improve the patency of small-diameter vascular prostheses.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2516-5658
    ISSN (online) 2516-5658
    DOI 10.1530/VB-18-0001
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  7. Article: Stimulation of functional vessel growth by gene therapy

    Korpisalo, Petra / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Integrative biology. 2010 Mar. 5, v. 2, no. 2-3

    2010  

    Abstract: The process of growing new blood vessels through gene therapy may be difficult but is certainly possible. This review will discuss the most important factors determining the efficacy of angiogenic gene therapy. ...

    Abstract The process of growing new blood vessels through gene therapy may be difficult but is certainly possible. This review will discuss the most important factors determining the efficacy of angiogenic gene therapy.
    Keywords angiogenesis ; blood vessels ; gene therapy
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2010-0305
    Size p. 102-112.
    Publishing place The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2480063-6
    ISSN 1757-9708 ; 1757-9694
    ISSN (online) 1757-9708
    ISSN 1757-9694
    DOI 10.1039/b921869f
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  8. Article ; Online: Promoting blood vessel growth in ischemic diseases: challenges in translating preclinical potential into clinical success.

    Dragneva, Galina / Korpisalo, Petra / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo

    Disease models & mechanisms

    2013  Volume 6, Issue 2, Page(s) 312–322

    Abstract: Angiogenic therapy, which involves the use of an exogenous stimulus to promote blood vessel growth, is an attractive approach for the treatment of ischemic diseases. It has been shown in animal models that the stimulation of blood vessel growth leads to ... ...

    Abstract Angiogenic therapy, which involves the use of an exogenous stimulus to promote blood vessel growth, is an attractive approach for the treatment of ischemic diseases. It has been shown in animal models that the stimulation of blood vessel growth leads to the growth of the whole vascular tree, improvement of ischemic tissue perfusion and improved muscle aerobic energy metabolism. However, very few positive results have been gained from Phase 2 and 3 clinical angiogenesis trials. Many reasons have been given for the failures of clinical trials, including poor transgene expression (in gene-therapy trials) and instability of the vessels induced by therapy. In this Review, we discuss the selection of preclinical models as one of the main reasons why clinical translation has been unsuccessful thus far. This issue has received little attention, but could have had dramatic implications on the expectations of clinical trials. We highlight crucial differences between human patients and animal models with regards to blood flow and pressure, as well as issues concerning the chronic nature of ischemic diseases in humans. We use these as examples to demonstrate why the results from preclinical trials might have overestimated the efficacy of angiogenic therapies developed to date. We also suggest ways in which currently available animal models of ischemic disease could be improved to better mimic human disease conditions, and offer advice on how to work with existing models to avoid overestimating the efficacy of new angiogenic therapies.
    MeSH term(s) Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/pharmacology ; Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/therapeutic use ; Animals ; Blood Vessels/drug effects ; Blood Vessels/growth & development ; Disease Models, Animal ; Humans ; Ischemia/drug therapy ; Ischemia/pathology ; Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects ; Translational Medical Research
    Chemical Substances Angiogenesis Inducing Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-02-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2451104-3
    ISSN 1754-8411 ; 1754-8403
    ISSN (online) 1754-8411
    ISSN 1754-8403
    DOI 10.1242/dmm.010413
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  9. Article ; Online: T

    Laakso, Hanne / Wirth, Galina / Korpisalo, Petra / Ylä-Herttuala, Elias / Michaeli, Shalom / Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo / Liimatainen, Timo

    NMR in biomedicine

    2018  Volume 31, Issue 5, Page(s) e3909

    Abstract: The identification of areas with regenerative potential in ischemic tissues would allow the targeting of treatments supporting tissue recovery. The regeneration process involves the activation of several cellular and molecular responses which could be ... ...

    Abstract The identification of areas with regenerative potential in ischemic tissues would allow the targeting of treatments supporting tissue recovery. The regeneration process involves the activation of several cellular and molecular responses which could be detected using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, to date, magnetic resonance (MR) relaxation parameters have received little attention in the diagnosis and follow-up of limb ischemia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of different MRI relaxation and diffusion tensor imaging parameters in the detection of areas showing early signs of regeneration in ischemic mouse skeletal muscles. T
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging ; Female ; Ischemia/diagnostic imaging ; Ischemia/pathology ; Mice ; Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply ; Muscle, Skeletal/diagnostic imaging ; Muscle, Skeletal/pathology ; Regeneration ; Time Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-03-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1000976-0
    ISSN 1099-1492 ; 0952-3480
    ISSN (online) 1099-1492
    ISSN 0952-3480
    DOI 10.1002/nbm.3909
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  10. Article ; Online: Perivascular Macrophages Regulate Blood Flow Following Tissue Damage.

    Vågesjö, Evelina / Parv, Kristel / Ahl, David / Seignez, Cédric / Herrera Hidalgo, Carmen / Giraud, Antoine / Leite, Catarina / Korsgren, Olle / Wallén, Håkan / Juusola, Greta / Hakovirta, Harri H / Rundqvist, Helene / Essand, Magnus / Holm, Lena / Johnson, Randall S / Thålin, Charlotte / Korpisalo, Petra / Christoffersson, Gustaf / Phillipson, Mia

    Circulation research

    2021  Volume 128, Issue 11, Page(s) 1694–1707

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    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Movement ; Cell Proliferation ; Chemokine CCL2/metabolism ; Chemokine CXCL12/metabolism ; Humans ; Ischemia/physiopathology ; Ischemia/therapy ; Macrophages/cytology ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Macrophages/physiology ; Mice ; Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply ; Nitric Oxide/metabolism ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/deficiency ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism ; Plasmids/metabolism ; Receptors, CCR2/metabolism ; Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism ; Regional Blood Flow/physiology
    Chemical Substances Chemokine CCL2 ; Chemokine CXCL12 ; Receptors, CCR2 ; Receptors, CXCR4 ; Nitric Oxide (31C4KY9ESH) ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II (EC 1.14.13.39) ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III (EC 1.14.13.39)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80100-8
    ISSN 1524-4571 ; 0009-7330 ; 0931-6876
    ISSN (online) 1524-4571
    ISSN 0009-7330 ; 0931-6876
    DOI 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318380
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