Applications of Antisense Therapies to Restenosis

1 Restenosis: The Clinical Problem.- 2 The Pathobiology of Restenosis. A Paradigm from Clinical and Experimental Studies.- 3 Coronary Repair and Restenosis Cellular Basis for Antisense Approaches.- 4 Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Biology and Restenosis.- 5 Vascular Antisense Therapy Directed Against c-myc, c-myb, and PCNA.- 6 Phosphorothioate Oligodeoxynucleotides as Inhibitors of gene Expression: Antisenseand Non-Antisense Effects.- 7 Molecular Therapies for Vascular Disease: Altering the Balance Between Cell growth and Cell Death.- 8 Oligonucleotides Containing the G-Quartet Sequence Motif.- 9 Non-G-Quartet, Non-Sequence Specific Antirestenotic Effects of Phosphorothioate Oligodeoxynucleotides.- 10 Local Delivery of Antirestenotic Drugs.- 11 Critical Considerations and Future Directions.