Novel Interventional Approaches for ALI/ARDS: Cell-Based Gene Therapy

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. The present therapeutic strategies for ALI/ARDS including supportive care, pharmacological treatments, and ventilator supp...

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Main Authors: Ying-Gang Zhu, Jie-Ming Qu, Jing Zhang, Hong-Ni Jiang, Jin-Fu Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/560194
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Summary:Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), continue to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. The present therapeutic strategies for ALI/ARDS including supportive care, pharmacological treatments, and ventilator support are still controversial. More scientists are focusing on therapies involving stem cells, which have self-renewing capabilities and differentiate into multiple cell lineages, and, genomics therapy which has the potential to upregulate expression of anti-inflammatory mediators. Recently, the combination of cell and gene therapy which has been demonstrated to provide additive benefit has opened up a new chapter in therapeutic strategy and provides a basis for the development of an innovative approach for the prevention and treatment of ALI/ARDS.
ISSN:0962-9351
1466-1861