Title | Growth Factors and the Cardiovascular System [electronic resource] / edited by Peter Cummins |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3098-5 |
Descript | XVII, 370 p. online resource |
1. Growth Factors: In vivo function and mechanism of action -- Section one: Growth factors in the heart -- 2. Fibroblast and transforming growth factors in the heart: A role in cardiac growth? -- 3. Growth factors and the cardiac extra-cellular matrix -- Section two: Growth factors and the cardiac myocyte -- 4. Transforming growth factor-ร : Localization and possible functional roles in cardiac myocytes. -- 5. Basic fibroblast growth factor in cardiac myocytes: expression and effects -- 6. Growth factor signal transduction in the cardiac myocyte: Functions of the serum response element -- 7. Effects of growth factors on human cardiac myocytes -- Section three: Growth factors and angiogenesis -- 8. Growth factors and development of coronary collaterals -- 9. The role of growth factors in angiogenesis -- Section four: Growth factors and atherosclerosis -- 10. Atherosclerosis and platelet derived growth factors -- 11. Effects of TGF-ร on vascular smooth muscle cell growth -- 12. Some aspects of growth signal transduction in vascular smooth muscle cells -- 13. Basic FGFโs role in smooth muscle cell proliferation: A basis for molecular atherectomy -- Section five: Growth factors and cardiovascular disease: Clinical and therapeutic implications -- 14. Role of transforming growth factor ร in cardioprotection of the ischemic-reperfused myocardium -- 15. Platelet-derived growth factor release after angioplasty -- 16. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor induced by vascular injury -- 17. Growth factors and hypertension: Implications for a role in vascular remodelling -- 18. Transforming growth factor-ร induction in carcinoid heart disease -- Section six: Growth factor effects on the myocardium -- 19. Adrenergic stimulation and growth factor activity -- 20. Effects of transforming growth factor-beta on cardiac fibroblasts -- 21. Transforming growth factor รs and cardiac development