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List of works by Tommi Heikura

15-lipoxygenase-1 prevents vascular endothelial growth factor A- and placental growth factor-induced angiogenic effects in rabbit skeletal muscles via reduction in growth factor mRNA levels, NO bioactivity, and downregulation of VEGF receptor 2 expr

scientific article published on 8 November 2007

A multipurpose vector system for the screening of libraries in bacteria, insect and mammalian cells and expression in vivo

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Adenoviral catheter-mediated intramyocardial gene transfer using the mature form of vascular endothelial growth factor-D induces transmural angiogenesis in porcine heart

scientific article published on 16 February 2004

Adenoviral intramyocardial VEGF-DΔNΔC gene transfer increases myocardial perfusion reserve in refractory angina patients: a phase I/IIa study with 1-year follow-up

scientific article published in September 2017

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of Lp-PLA2 reduces LDL degradation and foam cell formation in vitro

scientific article published in July 2004

Antiangiogenic gene therapy with soluble VEGFR-1, -2, and -3 reduces the growth of solid human ovarian carcinoma in mice

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Baculovirus is an efficient vector for the transduction of the eye: comparison of baculovirus- and adenovirus-mediated intravitreal vascular endothelial growth factor D gene transfer in the rabbit eye.

scientific article published in May 2009

Baculovirus-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor-D(ΔNΔC) gene transfer induces angiogenesis in rabbit skeletal muscle

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Beyond endothelial cells: Vascular endothelial growth factors in heart, vascular anomalies and placenta

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Blood flow remodels growing vasculature during vascular endothelial growth factor gene therapy and determines between capillary arterialization and sprouting angiogenesis

scientific article published on 12 December 2005

Differences in retinal neovascular tissue and vitreous humour in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Effects of vaccinia virus anti-inflammatory protein 35K and TIMP-1 gene transfers on vein graft stenosis in rabbits

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Extracellular superoxide dismutase accelerates endothelial recovery and inhibits in-stent restenosis in stented atherosclerotic Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit aorta.

scientific article published on 19 November 2007

Extracellular superoxide dismutase with vaccinia virus anti-inflammatory protein 35K or tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1: Combination gene therapy in the treatment of vein graft stenosis in rabbits

scientific article published in April 2006

Gamma-secretase inhibitor treatment promotes VEGF-A-driven blood vessel growth and vascular leakage but disrupts neovascular perfusion

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Gene transfer into rabbit arteries with adeno-associated virus and adenovirus vectors.

scientific article published in May 2004

Gene transfer using the mature form of VEGF-D reduces neointimal thickening through nitric oxide-dependent mechanism

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Intravascular adenovirus-mediated lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 gene transfer reduces neointima formation in balloon-denuded rabbit aorta

Intravitreal adenoviral 15-lipoxygenase-1 gene transfer prevents vascular endothelial growth factor A-induced neovascularization in rabbit eyes

scientific article published in December 2009

Lipid accumulation, lipid oxidation, and low plasma levels of acquired antibodies against oxidized lipids associate with degeneration and rupture of the intracranial aneurysm wall

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Longitudinal rotating frame relaxation time measurements in infarcted mouse myocardium in vivo

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Lymphatic vessel insufficiency in hypercholesterolemic mice alters lipoprotein levels and promotes atherogenesis.

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Nrf2 gene transfer induces antioxidant enzymes and suppresses smooth muscle cell growth in vitro and reduces oxidative stress in rabbit aorta in vivo

scientific article published on 25 January 2007

Overexpression of VEGF-A induces neovascularization and increased vascular leakage in rabbit eye after intravitreal adenoviral gene transfer

scientific article published in August 2006

Post-transcriptional regulatory element boosts baculovirus-mediated gene expression in vertebrate cells

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Preclinical safety, toxicology, and biodistribution study of adenoviral gene therapy with sVEGFR-2 and sVEGFR-3 combined with chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

scientific article published in March 2013

Preoperative angiopoietin-2 serum levels: a marker of malignant potential in ovarian neoplasms and poor prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer

scientific article published in December 2010

Serum angiopoietin-2 and soluble VEGFR-2 levels predict malignancy of ovarian neoplasm and poor prognosis in epithelial ovarian cancer

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Sleeping Beauty Transposon Vectors in Liver-directed Gene Delivery of LDLR and VLDLR for Gene Therapy of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Slit2 modifies VEGF-induced angiogenic responses in rabbit skeletal muscle via reduced eNOS activity

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Snake venom VEGF Vammin induces a highly efficient angiogenic response in skeletal muscle via VEGFR-2/NRP specific signaling

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The administration of an adenoviral thymidine kinase suicide gene to the uterine artery of rabbits does not affect fertility: a safety study of pregnant and nonpregnant rabbits and their offspring

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The follow-up of progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using magnetic resonance rotating frame relaxation times

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The impact of the receptor binding profiles of the vascular endothelial growth factors on their angiogenic features

scholarly article by Tiina Nieminen published in January 2014

Transfection of oocytes and other types of ovarian cells in rabbits after direct injection into uterine arteries of adenoviruses and plasmid/liposomes.

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Truncated vesicular stomatitis virus G protein improves baculovirus transduction efficiency in vitro and in vivo

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VEGF-A, VEGF-D and VEGF-D(DeltaNDeltaC) induced intimal hyperplasia in carotid arteries

scientific article published in November 2005

VEGF-D is the strongest angiogenic and lymphangiogenic effector among VEGFs delivered into skeletal muscle via adenoviruses

scientific article (publication date: 30 May 2003)

Vascular endothelial growth factor-B induces myocardium-specific angiogenesis and arteriogenesis via vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1- and neuropilin receptor-1-dependent mechanisms

scientific article published on 2 February 2009