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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821919203321

Titolo

Morphogenesis of endothelium / / edited by Werner Risau and Gabor M. Rubanyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : Harwood Academic, c2000

ISBN

0-429-17944-8

1-4822-8411-1

1-280-07336-5

0-203-30435-7

9786610073368

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Endothelial cell research series ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

RisauWerner <1953-1998.>

RubanyiGabor M. <1947->

Disciplina

573.18

611.0187

Soggetti

Vascular endothelium

Morphogenesis

Blood-vessels - Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Tribute; Contributors; Structural, Biochemical and Functional Differentiation of the Vascular Endothelium; Endothelial Fenestrae and Fenestral Diaphragms; Adhesion Molecules in Endothelial Cells and their Role in Vascular Morphogenesis; Development of the Vascular Endothelium in Avian Embryos; Development of the Heart, Large Vessels and Coronary Vasculature; The Development of the Retinal Vasculature; Development of the Blood-Brain Barrier; Development and Growth of the Pulmonary Microvasculature; Development of the Kidney Vascular System

Development of the Liver Vascular SystemDevelopment of the Limb Bud Vascular System; Development of the Vascular System in Skeletal Muscle; Development of the Vascular System in the Corpus Luteum; Development of the Vascular System in the Placenta; The Development of the Lymph Node Vasculature; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The cardiovascular system is the first functional organ system to develop in the vertebrate embryo. Embryonic growth and differentiation essentially depend on transport of nutrients and waste through the early vasculature, and certain events in morphogenesis are thought to be influenced by the hemodynamic forces of the beating heart. The vasculature not only serves as a 'nutrient and waste pipeline' but is also a major communication system between distant organs and tissues. The vascular endothelial cell mediates vascular growth, permeability, integrity and interactions with blood cells. In mo