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" Growth Factors and the Cardiovascular System "
edited by Peter Cummins.
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BL
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728853
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b548606
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edited by Peter Cummins.
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Growth Factors and the Cardiovascular System\ edited by Peter Cummins.
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Boston, MA: Springer US, 1993
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Developments in cardiovascular medicine, 147.
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(xvii, 370 pages)
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1461530989
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: 9781461530985
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1. Growth Factors: In vivo function and mechanism of action --;Section one: Growth factors in the heart --;2. Fibroblast and transforming growth factors in the heart: A role in cardiac growth? --;3. Growth factors and the cardiac extra-cellular matrix --;Section two: Growth factors and the cardiac myocyte --;4. Transforming growth factor-ß : Localization and possible functional roles in cardiac myocytes. --;5. Basic fibroblast growth factor in cardiac myocytes: expression and effects --;6. Growth factor signal transduction in the cardiac myocyte: Functions of the serum response element --;7. Effects of growth factors on human cardiac myocytes --;Section three: Growth factors and angiogenesis --;8. Growth factors and development of coronary collaterals --;9. The role of growth factors in angiogenesis --;Section four: Growth factors and atherosclerosis --;10. Atherosclerosis and platelet derived growth factors --;11. Effects of TGF-ß on vascular smooth muscle cell growth --;12. Some aspects of growth signal transduction in vascular smooth muscle cells --;13. Basic FGF's role in smooth muscle cell proliferation: A basis for molecular atherectomy --;Section five: Growth factors and cardiovascular disease: Clinical and therapeutic implications --;14. Role of transforming growth factor ß in cardioprotection of the ischemic-reperfused myocardium --;15. Platelet-derived growth factor release after angioplasty --;16. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor induced by vascular injury --;17. Growth factors and hypertension: Implications for a role in vascular remodelling --;18. Transforming growth factor-ß induction in carcinoid heart disease --;Section six: Growth factor effects on the myocardium --;19. Adrenergic stimulation and growth factor activity --;20. Effects of transforming growth factor-beta on cardiac fibroblasts --;21. Transforming growth factor ßs and cardiac development.
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After de-endotheliazation, the biologist would predict on the basis of recent studies on growth factors, and in contrast with current clinical opinion, that hypertrophy would occur in all cases with more or less complete restenosis.
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Cardiology.
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Medicine.
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QP102.E358 1993
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Peter Cummins
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