This is a fully revised Second Edition of a well-structured textbook that offers essential knowledge on the vascular system.
The reader will learn the properties, basic cellular mechanisms, and development of the different parts of the vascular system (including the heart and lung), gain knowledge on vascular and related diseases, and will be made familiar with common and most current methods and techniques applied to analyze the vascular system in patients, animal models, and ex vivo.
This book is based on a Ph.D. Course for students from various scientific backgrounds given at the Medical University of Vienna, and it will be a valuable resource for Master“s Students in vascular biology and biomedicine in general and a helpful tool for young researchers worldwide wishing to gain or refresh their knowledge in this field.
1 . Morphological and Functional Characteristics of Blood and Lymphatic
Vessels. Hantusch, B., Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria.- 2 . The Heart: The Engine in the Center of the Vascular
System. Demyanets, S., Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria.- 3 . Regulation of Tissue Perfusion and Exchange of Solutes,
Macromolecules, and Water Between Blood Vessels and the Interstitial Space.
Salzmann, M., Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center
for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria.
Schmid, D., Institute of Physiology, Center of Physiology and Pharmacology,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Geiger, M., Department of
Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and
Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria.- 4 . Endothelial
Cells: Function and Dysfunction. de Martin, R., Department of Vascular
Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 5 . Vascular Smooth Muscle
Cells: Regulation of Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation. Wojta, J., Department
of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 6 .
Embryonic Development of the Cardiovascular System. Wolfgang J. Weninger1 and
Stefan H. Geyer, Division of Anatomy, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 7 . Cellular and Molecular
Mechanisms of Vasculogenesis, Angiogenesis, and Lymphangiogenesis. Uhrin, P.,
Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology
and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 8 .
Mechanisms of Hemostasis: Contributions of Platelets, Coagulation Factors,
and the Vessel Wall. Mussbacher, M., Department of Vascular Biology and
Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz,
Austria. Kral-Pointner, J., Department of Internal Medicine II/ Division of
Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Salzmann, M., Department
of Internal Medicine II/ Division of Cardiology, Medical University of
Vienna, Austria. Schrottmaier, W., Department of Vascular Biology and
Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Assinger, A., Department of Vascular
Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 9 . Biologically Active
Lipids in Vascular Biology. Upchurch, C., Leitinger, N., Department of
Pharmacology and Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University
of Virginia.- 10 . Atherosclerosis. Mayer, F., Innerhofer, R., Koller, T.,
Binder, C., Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria.- 11 . Venous Thromboembolism. Gary, T., Clinical Department
of Angiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.- 12 . Pulmonary vascular
diseases. Ondracek, A., Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of
Cardiology, Center of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria. Dorfmüller, P., Department of Pathology, Universities of
Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Justus-Liebig University, Germany.
Lang, I., Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Center
of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.-
13 . Genetics of Vascular Diseases. Mannhalter, C., Medical University
Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 14 . Animal Models in Cardio-vascular Biology.
Rohringer, S., Bergmeister, H., Hamza, O., Kiss, A., Nagel, F., Pilz, P.,
Plasenzotti, R., Podesser, B., Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular
Research at the Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery,
Medical University of Vienna, Austria.- 15 . Endothelial Cell Isolation and
Manipulation. Brostjan, C., Department of General Surgery, Medical University
of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.- 16 . In Vitro Assays Used to Analyse Vascular
Cell Functions. Kirchhoff, A., Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery,
Diakonissenkrankenhaus Leipzig, Teaching Hospital of the University of
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. Wechselberger, C., Division of Pathophysiology,
Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty,
Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria. Bernhard, D., Division of
Pathophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical
Faculty, Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria; Clinical Research
Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Medical Faculty,
Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria. Messner, B., Cardiac Surgery
Research Laboratory, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of
Vienna, Austria.- 17 . The Porcine Coronary Artery Ring Myograph System.
Schmid, D., Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Hofbauer, T., Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine II, Medical
University of Vienna, Austria.- 18 . Proteomics in Vascular Biology. Zellner,
M., Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Centre for
Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Resch, U., Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Centre for
Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Umlauf, E., Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna, Austria. Miller, I., Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Department of
Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.
Prof. Dr. Margarethe Geiger was Deputy Head of the Center of Physiology and Pharmacology and Head of the Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria and Program Coordinator of the PhD Program Vascular Biology at the same Institution, currently she is retired.