Translational Vascular Medicine

1. Pericytes: Adaptable Vascular Progenitors
Gareth D. Hyde, Ann E. Canfield

2. Benefits and Risks of Manipulating the HIF Hydroxylase Pathway in Ischemic Heart Disease
Tammie Bishop, Peter J. Ratcliffe

3. Cytoprotective Mechanisms in the Vasculature
Justin C. Mason

4. Notch Signaling in Vascular Development
Shalini Jadeja, Marcus Fruttiger

5. The Therapeutic Potential of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase–Mediated Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthesis
James Leiper, Francesca Arrigoni, Bierina Ahmetaj

6. Potassium Channels Regulating the Electrical Activity of the Heart
Andrew Tinker, Stephen C. Harmer

7. Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease
K. Richard Bruckdorfer

8. The Takotsubo (Broken Heart Syndrome)
Lawrence S. Cohen

9. Lymphatic Vessels in Health and Disease
Elisabetta Weber, Francesca Sozio, Erica Gabbrielli, Antonella Rossi

10. Importance of Subtype Selectivity for Endothelin Receptor Antagonists in the Human Vasculature
Janet J. Maguire, Anthony P. Davenport

11. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Janice Tsui, George Hamilton

12. Surgical Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Matt Thompson, Peter Holt, Rob Hinchliffe, Ian Loftus

13. Understanding the Pathobiology of Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Kristin B. Highland

14. Inflammation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Frédéric Perros, Sylvia Cohen-Kaminsky, Peter Dorfmüller, Alice Huertas, Marie-Camille Chaumais, David Montani, Marc Humbert

15. Endothelin Receptor Antagonists in Cardiovascular Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities
Matthias Barton

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Gene Expression, Human Physiology