Vascular Endothelium

"An excellent overview....We convey [to] our readers and subscribers to buy absolutely this book which goes farther than any other previous one, to show that we have to consider now the endothelium as a full partner of the general physiology and of the pathology of humans and animals." Cellular and Molecular Biology, June 1998

Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Crete, Greece, June 22-July 1, 1996

I. Pulmonary Circulation.- 1. Mechanisms of Endothelial Injury and Repair.- 2. Molecular Mechanisms of Endothelial Leukocyte Association: The Function of the Selectins.- 3. Complement Inhibitor Therapeutics and Lung Injury.- II. Gene Manipulation in the Vasculature.- 4. Control of iNOS Expression in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells.- 5. Adhesive Molecules at Luminal Surface and at Intercellular Junctions of the Endothelium in the Regulation of Leukocyte Transendothelial Traffic.- 6. Insertion/Deletion (I/D) Polymorphism in the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene.- III. Thrombosis/Hypertension.- 7. Role of Endothelial Plasminogen Activators in Fibrinolysis and Repair-Associated Angiogenesis: Two Sides of a Coin.- 8. The Antithrombotic Effects of Nitric Oxide.- IV. Inflammation/Angiogenesis.- 9. Cytokine Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function.- 10. The Role of Thrombin in Angiogenesis.- V. Cerebral Circulation/ Atherosclerosis.- 11. Overview of Cerebrovascular Disease: Role of the Endothelium.- 12. Genetic Factors in Atherosclerosis: From Humans to Mice and Back Again.- 13. Role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's Disease.- VI. Gene Transfer in the Vasculature.- 14. Gene Mediated Anti-Cancer Strategies Involving the Vasculature: Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Vascular Targeting of Gene Therapy.- 15. Nitric Oxide Modulation of Gene Expression.- Abstracts of Oral and Poster Presentations.- Participants.- Participants Photo.