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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829170803321

Titolo

Development of the vascular system [[electronic resource] /] / [editors: Jonathan Nugent (organizer) and Maeve O'Connor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North American by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Department), 1983

ISBN

1-280-78409-1

9786613694485

0-470-72081-6

0-470-71851-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 100

Altri autori (Persone)

NugentJonathan

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

573.216

Soggetti

Morphogenesis

Cardiovascular system

Developmental biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Development of the vascular system, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 11-13 January 1983"--Contents page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Development of the vascular system; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Control of early embryonic heart morphogenesis: a hypothesis; Discussion; Patterns of vascularization in the developing cerebral cortex; Discussion; The pattern of elastin in the aorta and large arteries of mammals; Discussion; 'Structural autoregulation'-the local adaptation of vascular beds to chronic changes in pressure; Discussion; Physical factors and angiogenesis; Discussion; General discussion I; Vascularization of experimental tumours; Discussion; Role of mast cells in experimental tumour angiogenesis; Discussion

The role of heparin in angiogenesisDiscussion; Degradation of basement membrane components by vascular endothelial cells: role in neovascularization; Discussion; Inhibition of neovascularization by a cartilage factor; Discussion; General discussion II; Tumour angiogenesis factors; Endothelial cell markers; Morphogenesis; General discussion III;



Endothelial cell regeneration in hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia; A hypothesis of atherogenesis; Pathological vascularization of the coronary intima; Discussion; Maldevelopments of the vascular system: clinical conundrums; Discussion

Index of contributorsSubject index