1. Edition - February 2010
129.- Euro
2010. XXII, 398 Pages, Hardcover
43 Fig. (12 Colored Fig.), 17 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32448-8
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32448-4 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
Written by experts in the field and highlighting the role of specific mediators of atherosclerotic plaque development, this handbook focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease as well as potential therapeutic targets. With many easy-to-read tables and figures.

From the contents
INTRODUCTION
PATHOGENESIS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Sarah George & Cressida Lyon
PROINFLAMMATORY FACTORS
CHEMOKINES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THERAPEUTIC TARGETS. Gemma White, Keith Channon & David Greaves
ADHESION MOLECULES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Huan Wang & Yuqing Huo
CYTOKINES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Alain Tedgui, Hafid Ait-Oufella and Ziad Mallat
TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Zhong-qun Yan, Kristina Edfeldt & Anna Lundberg
PPAR-BASED THERAPIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS Florence Gizard & Inés Pineda-Torra
PENTRAXINS IN VASCULAR PATHOLOGY: THE ROLE OF PTX3. Alberto Mantovani, Cecilia Garlanda, Barbara Bottazzi, Fabiola Molla & Roberto Latini
PROTEASES
METALLOPROTEINASES, THE ENDOTHELIUM AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Stephen White & Andrew Newby
CATHEPSINS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Lili Bai, Esther Lutgens & Sylvia Heeneman
THE PLASMIN SYSTEM AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Chris Jackson & Kevin Carson
MAST CELL PROTEASES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Petri Kovanen
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
MACROPHAGE FOAM CELL FORMATION: THE PATHWAYS TO CHOLESTEROL ENGORGEMENT. Kathryn Moore & Katey Rayner
OXIDATIVE STRESS
NADPH OXIDASE AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Jamie Jeremy, Saima Muzaffar, Carina Mill & Nilima Shukla
UNCOUPLING OF ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Colin Cunnington & Keith Channon
HEME OXYGENASE-1 AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Justin Mason & Faisal Ali
CELL GROWTH AND PHENOTYPE
PHENOTYPIC HETEROGENEITY OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS. IMPLICATIONS FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS Marie-Matteo Coen and Luce Bochaton-Piallat
PLATELETS: THEIR ROLE IN ATHEROGENESIS AND THROMBOSIS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Matthew Harper, Lucy MacCarthy-Morrogh, Matthew Jones, Olga Konopatskaya & Alastair Poole
MODULATORS OF MONOCYTE AND MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Nick Jenkins & Jason Johnson