Patent ID: 7364725
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A61F,A61L,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. One or more endothelial cells genetically altered to express one or more cell adhesion factor(s), such that said genetically altered endothelial cells express said one or more cell adhesion factor(s) to an expression level that exceeds that normally produced in said endothelial cells prior to genetic alteration, wherein at least one cell adhesion factor expressed in said endothelial cells is full-length human fibulin-5 polypeptide; and wherein said endothelial cells are genetically altered to express one or more cell proliferation growth factors, such that the genetically altered endothelial cells express said one or more cell growth factors to a expression level that exceeds that normally produced in said endothelial cells prior to genetic alteration.