Salvador Moncada / Annie Higgs

The Vascular Endothelium II

Herausgegeben:Moncada, Salvador; Higgs, Annie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 176/II
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11789307, 978-3-540-36027-8
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9783540360278
• ISBN-10: 3540360271
• Artikelnr.: 20946216

Inhaltsangabe

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.