Angiogenesis in Health and Disease

ISBN-13: 9780306441967 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 402 str.

Michael E. Maragoudakis; Pietro M. Gullino; Peter I. Lelkes

Opis

Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels as outgrowths of existing ones; it occurs during ovulation and wound healing, but is also associated with about 50 diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and arthritis, and precedes neoplastic transformation. Some 30 papers from a workshop in Porto

Spis treści

The Development of the Vascular System: Embryonic Development of Blood Vessels; F. Dieterlen-Liévre, L. Pardanaud. Regulation of Embryonic Blood Vessel; H. Drexler et al.. Biology of Endothelial Cells and Angiogenesis: Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Endothelial Cells; M. Presta, et al. Role of Integrinss in Endothelial Cell Function; E. Dejana, et al. Angiogenesis in Disease States: Angiogenesis and Neoplastic Transformation; P.M. Gullino. Tumor Induced Angiogenesis; J.L. Ambrus, et al. Promoters and Inhibitors of Angiogenesis: Brain Tumor Angiogenesis; C. Guerin, et al. Therapeutic Potential of Promoters and Inhibitors of Angiogenesis: On Promoter of Angiogenesis and Therapeutic Potential; P.M. Gullino. Methodology: Assays for Angiogenic Factors; J.B. Weiss. 23 additional articles. Index.