CPC A61K 35/34 (2013.01) [A61K 35/28 (2013.01); A61K 35/44 (2013.01); A61K 38/1866 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/3834 (2013.01); A61P 9/10 (2018.01); C12N 5/0662 (2013.01); C12N 5/0663 (2013.01); C12N 5/0668 (2013.01); C12N 5/0697 (2013.01); A61K 48/00 (2013.01); C12N 2501/42 (2013.01); C12N 2502/1347 (2013.01); C12N 2502/28 (2013.01); C12N 2510/02 (2013.01); C12N 2533/90 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A method for augmenting angiogenesis in a subject that does not have an ischemic disorder, the method comprising:
implanting a population of cells into the subject, wherein the cell population is made by a method comprising:
(a) contacting a culture of mesenchymal stem cells with a polynucleotide comprising sequences encoding a Notch intracellular domain (NICD) wherein said polynucleotide does not encode a full-length Notch protein,
(b) selecting cells that comprise the polynucleotide of step (a), and
(c) further culturing the selected cells of step (b) in the absence of selection and in the absence of trophic factors;
wherein the cell population produces higher levels of angiogenin, angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2) and heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) than does a mesenchymal stem cell population containing the same number of cells.
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