Signal Transduction in the Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease

I.G-protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling

1. Implication of G-proteins in Cardiovascular Disease
Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava

2. ß-Adrenoceptor-Linked Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Congestive Heart Failure
Melissa R. Dent, Tushi Singal, Paramjit S. Tappia, Rajat Sethi, Naranjan S. Dhalla

3. Cardiac Gas and Gai Modulate Sympathetic Versus Parasympathetic Mechanisms in Hyperhomocysteinemia
Thomas P. Vacek, Karni S. Moshal, Naira Metreveli, Neetu Tyagi, Utpal Sen, Dorothea Rosenberger, Suresh C. Tyagi

4. The Role of the Beta-Adrenergic Signal Transduction Pathway in Myocardial Protection
Johan Moolman, Erna Marais, Sonia Genade, Syanda Makaula, Amanda Lochner

5. Angiotensin II Signaling in Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
Niels Engberding, Kathy K. Griendling

6. Angiotensin II Signaling: Cell Growth and Apoptosis
Stephen W. Schaffer, Mahmood S. Mozaffari

II.Redox Signaling

7. Thioredoxin Signaling in the Ischemic Heart
Dipak K. Das, Shyamal K. Goswami

8. Relationship Between Redox Regulation and ß-Adrenergic Responses in the Heart
Belma Turan

9. Role of Hyperglycemia and Redox-Induced Signaling in Vascular Complications of Diabetes
Ashok K. Srivastava, Madhu B. Anand-Srivastava

10. Methylglyoxal and Insulin Resistance
Lingyun Wu

III.Growth Factor Signaling

11. Role of Growth Factor Receptor Transactivation in Vasoactive Peptide-Induced Signaling Pathways in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Ali Bouallegue, Ashok K. Srivastava

12. Identifying the Cellular and Molecular Events Associated with the Divergent Phenotypes of Cardiac Hypertrophy
Angelino Calderone

13. Regulatory Role of TGF-ß in Cardiac Myofibroblast Function and Post-MI Cardiac Fibrosis: Key Roles of Smad7 and c-Ski
Ian M. C. Dixon, Baiqiu Wang, Kristen M. Bedosky, Ryan H. Cunnington, Sunil G. Rattan, Ahmed Almaqrhi

14. The Signaling Duel Between Virus and Host: Impact on Coxsackieviral Pathogenesis
Xiaoning Si, David Marchant, Decheng Yang, Bruce M. McManus, Honglin Luo

15. Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis for Ischemic Disease
Nilanjana Maulik

16. VEGF Signaling: A Therapeutic Target for Cardiovascular Disease
Dhanya Chandrasekharan Rajalakshmi, Aghila Rani Koippallil Gopalakrishnan, Chandrasekharan Cheranellore Kartha

17. Myristoyl-CoA: Protein N-Myristoyltransferase and Myristoyl-CoA Binding Protein from Bovine Cardiac Muscle
Ponniah Selvakumar, Rajendra K. Sharma

IV.Calcium Signaling

18. Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle
Suzanne J. House, Melissa M. Zachar, Roman G. Ginnan, Dee Riper, Harold A. Singer

19. The KCa3.1 Channel in Endothelial Cells as New Target for an EDHF-Based Control of Vascular Tone: From Structure to Regulation and Pharmacological Properties
Umberto Banderali, Line Garneau, Manuel Simoes, Hélène Klein, Rémy Sauvé

V.Adipokine Signaling

20. Leptin Signaling in the Cardiovascular System
Morris Karmazyn, Daniel M. Purdham, Venkatesh Rajapurohitam, Asad Zeidan

21. AMPK Regulation of Cardiac Metabolism in Heart Disease
Ding An, Min-Suk Kim, Brian Rodrigues

DRM-restrictions

Printing: not available
Clipboard copying: not available

Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical TEC059000