Genes and Cardiovascular Function

1. Johann Gregor Mendel: “Father of Modern Genetics”
Pavel Braveny

2. Gene Therapy: Hopes and Problems
Vladimír Vonka

3. VEGFS, FGFS, and PDGF Coordinate Embryonic Coronary Vascularization
Robert J. Tomanek, Lance P. Christensen

4. The E2F Pathway in Cardiac Development and Disease
Jennifer Rueger, Balwant S. Tuana

5. Cardiac Sodium–Calcium Exchanger Expression
Cecilia Hurtado, Thane G. Maddaford, Grant N. Pierce

6. Scleraxis: A New Regulator of Extracellular Matrix Formation
Rushita A. Bagchi, Michael P. Czubryt

7. Gender Impact on Pathophysiology of the Heart
Jane-Lise Samuel, Claude Delcayre, Bernard Swynghedauw

8. Mitochondrial DNA and Heart Disease
Chihiro Shikata, Masami Nemoto, Takanori Ebisawa, Akihiro Nishiyama, Nobuakira Takeda

9. A Novel Algorithm from Personal Genome to the Pathogenic Mutant Causing Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy
Teruhiko Toyo-oka, Toshihiro Tanaka, Licht Toyo-oka, Katsushi Tokunaga

10. MELAS Syndrome: Mediated by Impaired Taurinomethyluridine Synthesis
Stephen W. Schaffer, Chian Ju Jong

11. Genetics of Myocardial Infarction
Rudolf Poledne, Jaroslav A. Hubacek

12. Genetic Background of Myocardial Infarction
Kouichi Ozaki, Toshihiro Tanaka

13. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme I/D Polymorphism and Cardiovascular Risk: Disclosed Story
Anna Vasku, Jiri Blahak, Daniel Baumgartner, Julie Bienertova-Vasku

14. PPARs and Myocardial Response to Ischemia in Normal and Diseased Heart
Tana Ravingerova, Adriana Adameova, Slavka Carnicka, Tara Kelly, Martina Nemcekova, Jana Matejikova, Antigone Lazou

15. Genes and Plasma Lipids in Czech Slavic Population
Jaroslav A. Hubacek, Rudolf Poledne

16. Genetic Basis of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension in Humans
Frans H. H. Leenen, Shahrier Amin, Alexandre F. R. Stewart, Frederique Tesson

17. Gene–Environment Interactions: Their Role in Hypertension Development
Jaroslav Kunes, Michaela Kadlecova, Josef Zicha

18. Phenotypic Overlap of Lethal Arrhythmias Associated with Cardiac Sodium Mutations: Individual-Specific or Mutation-Specific?
Naomasa Makita

19. CLP-1-Mediated Transcriptional Control of Hypertrophic Gene Programs Underlying Cardiac Hypertrophy
M. A. Q. Siddiqui, Michael Wagner, Jorge Espinoza-Derout, Facan Huang, Daniel Beckles, Eduardo Mascareno

20. Molecular Mechanisms of Subcellular Remodeling in Congestive Heart Failure
Andrea P. Babick, Alison L. Müller, Naranjan S. Dhalla

21. Cardiomyopathy, Sarcomeropathy, and Z-diskopathy
Akinori Kimura

22. Left Ventricular Assist Device: Morphological, Molecular, and Genetic Changes After Mechanical Support
Hideo A. Baba, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger

23. Vascular Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome: A Good Experimental Model Is Needed for Development of Treatment Strategies
Wilfried Briest, Mark I. Talan

24. Multi-scale, Multi-physics Heart Simulator as a Tool to Link Bench and Bedside
S. Sugiura, T. Washio, J. Okada, H. Watanabe, T. Hisada

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Medical Biochemistry