The Cardiovascular Glycocalyx in Health and Disease
Fancher, Ibra
Chignalia, Andreia
This special volume titled The Cardiovascular Glycocalyx in Health and Disease has the goal of giving an updated perspective of the glycocalyx function through the cardiovascular system and its integration in whole system physiology. This volume will address roles of the glycocalyx at the membrane and cellular level and its implications to overall cardiovascular function and disease progression. Further, pharmacological targeting of the glycocalyx will be addressed as an important mechanism for diagnosis and therapeutic interventions. Broad scope that reviews glycocalyx foundational studies to contemporary findings Pharmacological and Translational Perspectives Perspective of the glycocalyx in integrated system physiology INDICE: PrefaceIbra S. Fancher and Andreia Chignalia1.Irena Levitan2.Andreia Chignalia3.Ibra S. Fancher4. Endothelial surface layers in the kidneyBörje Haraldsson5. Pharmacological targeting of the glycocalyx -- current status and prospectsLeonhard Moeckl6. The endothelial glycocalyx and the subtleties of female microcirculationRita C. Tostes
- ISBN: 978-0-443-19159-6
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 310
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2023
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés