The Vascular Endothelium II / Edition 1

by Salvador Moncada, Annie Higgs

Overview

This wide ranging work provides a complete representation of the present state of knowledge of the vascular endothelium. The volume comprises 20 chapters by experts who have made significant contributions to research in the vascular endothelium. The text discusses the structure, development and function of the normal vascular endothelium, considers conditions that lead to the disruption of vascular physiology and provides a comprehensive description of pathologies and their treatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642071560
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/27/2010
Series:	Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology , #176
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Haemostasis.- Vascular Endothelium and Blood Flow.- Biomechanical Modulation of Endothelial Phenotype: Implications for Health and Disease.- Leucocyte-Endothelial Interactions in Health and Disease.- Endothelial Cell Dysfunction, Injury and Death.- Principles and Therapeutic Implications of Angiogenesis, Vasculogenesis and Arteriogenesis.- Endothelial Cell Senescence.- The Vascular Endothelium in Hypertension.- Vascular Endothelium and Atherosclerosis.- Endothelial Cells and Cancer.- Gene Therapy: Role in Myocardial Protection.