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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829170803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Pitman; Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North American by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Department), 1983
• ISBN: 9786613694485; 9781280784095; 1280784091; 9780470720813; 0470720816; 9780470718513; 047071851X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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
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