The pulmonary endothelium : function in health and disease / edited by Norbert F. Voelkel, Sharon Rounds. — Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. – (59.12/P982)

Contents

    Contents
    
    List of Contributors
    Introduction
    SECTION I: NORMAL PULMONARY ENDOTHELIUM. STRUCTURE， FUNCTION， CELL BIOLOGY
    1: Development of the Pulmonary Endothelium in Development of the Pulmonary Circulation: Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis
    2: Anatomy of the Pulmonary Endothelium
    3: Cadherins and Connexins in Pulmonary Endothelial Function
    4: Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Interactions with the Extracellular Matrix
    5: Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Calcium Signaling and Regulation of Lung Vascular Barrier Function，<br>    6: Pulmonary Endothelium and Nitric Oxide
    7: Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Surface Metabolic Functions
    8: Cell Biology of Lung Endothelial Permeability
    9: Lung Endothelial Phenotypes: Insights Derived from the Systematic Study of Calcium Channels
    10: Pulmonary Endothelial Interactions with Leukocytes and Platelets
    11: Mesenchymal-endothelial interactions in the control of Angiogenic， inflammatory， and fibrotic responses in the pulmonary circulation
    12: Pulmonary Endothelium and Vasomotor Control
    13: Pulmonary Endothelial Progenitor Cells
    14: Bronchial Vasculature: The Other Pulmonary Circulation
    15: Mapping Protein Expression on Pulmonary Vascular Endothelium
    SECTION II MECHANISMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF PULMONARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL INJURY
    16: Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Death: Implications for Lung Disease Pathogenesis，<br>    17: Oxidant-Mediated Signaling and Injury in Pulmonary Endothelium
    18: Hypoxia and the Pulmonary Endothelium
    19: Viral Infection and Pulmonary Endothelial Cells
    20: Effects of Pressure and Flow on the Pulmonary Endothelium
    21: Therapeutic Strategies to Limit Lung Endothelial Cell Permeability，<br>    22: Targeted Delivery of Biotherapeutics to the Pulmonary Endothelium
    SECTION III: PULMONARY ENDOTHELIUM IN DISEASE
    23: Endothelial Regulation of the Pulmonary Circulation in the Fetus and Newborn，<br>    24: Genetic insights into endothelial barrier regulation in the acutely inflamed lung
    25: Interactions of Pulmonary Endothelial Cells with Immune Cells and Platelets: Implications for Disease Pathogenesis
    26: Role of the Endothelium in Emphysema: Emphysema - A Lung Microvascular Disease，<br>    27: Pulmonary Endothelium and Pulmonary Hypertension
    28: Collagen Vascular Diseases and Pulmonary Endothelium
    29: Pulmonary Endothelium in Thromboembolism
    30: Pulmonary Endothelium and Malignancies
    Epilogue