New Aspects of Gene-Silencing for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases

• Main Authors: Hans-Peter Wendel (Author), Bernd Neumann (Author), Christian Schlensak (Author), Almuth Zech (Author), Nadja Perle (Author), Olivia Koenig (Author), Tobias Walker (Author), Andrea Nolte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Coronary heart disease (CHD), mainly caused by atherosclerosis, represents the single leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Besides the classical interventional therapies new applications for treatment of vascular wall pathologies are appearing on the horizon. RNA interference (RNAi) r...