Author | Swynghedauw, Bernard. author |
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Title | Molecular Cardiology for the Cardiologists [electronic resource] / by Bernard Swynghedauw |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2019-1 |
Descript | XIX, 250 p. online resource |
1. The New Language of Biology -- From Chromosome to Gene -- Current Technologies -- 2. Normal Heart and Vessels -- Membrane Proteins and Electrical Activity -- Contractile Proteins and Contractility -- Calciproteins and Calcium Movements -- Collagen, ECM, and Tissue Compliance -- Peptides Regulating Cardiac or Vascular Function -- Cardiac and Vascular Growth -- 3. Diseases of Adaptation -- Biological Adaptation -- The Hypertrophied and Failing Heart -- The Senescent Heart and Vessels -- 4. Genetics -- DNA Polymorphism -- Inherited Diseases -- Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors -- 5. Gene Transfers -- Gene Transfer during Viral Infection -- Transgenic Animals and Reverse Physiology -- Gene Therapy -- References