Abstract
Technologies enhancing tissue vascularity are critically important to cardiovascular medicine. Currently, strategies to promote angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in a controlled manner are limited. This chapter discusses the role and promise of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), in hard/soft tissue engineering applications, primarily focusing on therapeutic angiogenesis. A brief review of the different delivery systems, ranging from scaffolds to nanoparticles, carrying VEGF follows, in the context of present potential and challenges. Finally, a prospectus on the future of VEGF therapy will be presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Integrated Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons |
| Pages | 275-293 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118311981 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 Apr 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
© 2012 Scrivener Publishing LLC. All rights reserved.Keywords
- Hard tissues
- Soft tissues
- Therapeutic angiogenesis
- Tissue engineering
- Vascular endothelial growth factors