Emphasizes the research activities of Germany's Nauheim Institute of the Max Planck Society and its group of investigators both past and present, in the field of collateral artery growth Incorporates a multidisciplinary in vivo approach to the study of arteriogenesis that includes molecular approaches with classical physiology and immunohistochemistry Full color throughout and well illustrated

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Emphasizes the research activities of Germany s Nauheim Institute of the Max Planck Society and its group of investigators both past and present, in the field of collateral artery growth. Incorporates a multidisciplinary in vivo approach to the study of arteriogenesis that includes molecular approaches with classical physiology and immunohistochemistry. Full color throughout and well illustrated.

Inhalt
Embryonic Development of Collateral Arteries.- Structural Remodeling during Growth of Collateral Vessels.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Physical Forces and their Translation into Molecular Mechanisms.- Role of Hypoxia/lschemia/VEGF-A, and Strain Differences.- Monocytes and Cytokines.- Bone Marrow-Derived Cells.- Cell - Cell and Cell - Matrix Interactions.- Fibroblast Growth Factors.- Signal Transduction Pathways in Smooth Muscle Cells.- Expression Profiling of Growing Collateral Arteries/Hunting for New Genes.- Theory of Arteriogenesis.- Effects of Physical Activity.- Cerebral Arteriogenesis.- The Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man.- Function of the Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man.- Collateral Circulation in Clinical Practice.- Arteriogenesis and Atherosclerosis: Strange Bedfellows.