Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure and honor to announce this Special Issue on “Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease.” Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in several developed countries and is worsened when associated with comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension. In recent years, major advances in gene therapy, stem cell therapy and extracellular vesicle (cell-free) therapy have allowed the development of novel therapies to treat cardiovascular diseases. This special issue is devoted to presenting the current evidence in favor of using gene and stem cell therapy for regeneration of the diseased heart.
The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

•    Therapeutic modulation of genes of interest
•    non-coding RNA-based therapies (microRNA, circular RNA, snoRNA, etc.)
•    Stem cell-based therapies (embryonic, adult, and induced pluripotent stem cells, etc.)
•    Extracellular vesicles
•    In vivo differentiation of stem cells
•    Nanoparticles/microparticles incorporated with gene or stem cells
•    Post-ischemic regeneration using gene/stem cell therapies

Assoc. Prof. Rajesh Katare and Dr. Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati
Guest Editors