Research Catalog

Title

The vascular smooth muscle cell : molecular and biological responses to the extracellular matrix / edited by Stephen M. Schwartz, Robert P. Mecham.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Mecham, Robert P.
• Schwartz, Stephen M.

Description

xvi, 410 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Biology of the extracellular matrix

Uniform Title

Biology of extracellular matrix.

Subjects

• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular > physiology
• Extracellular Matrix > physiology
• Extracellular matrix
• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular > cytology
• Vascular smooth muscle

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Development of the Vessel Wall: Overview / Gordon R. Campbell and Julie H. Campbell -- Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation during Early Development and during Intimal Thickening Formation in the Ductus Arteriosus / Adriana C. Gittenberger-De Groot, Jennichjen Slomp, Marco C. Deruiter and Robert E. Poelmann -- Integrins, Cytoskeletal and Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Developing Smooth Muscle Cells of Human Aorta / Marina A. Glukhova and Victor E. Koteliansky -- Relevance of Smooth Muscle Replication and Development to Vascular Disease / Stephen M. Schwartz, Edward R. O'Brien, Denis Deblois and Cecilia M. Giachelli -- Smooth Muscle Gene Expression during Developmental Maturation / Gene Liau and David K. M. Han -- Molecular Identity of Smooth Muscle Cells: Overview / Gary K. Owens -- Architecture of the Smooth Muscle Cell / J. Victor Small and Alison J. North --
• Molecular Basis of Smooth Muscle Contractility: Myosin Heavy Chains: Gene Structure and Expression / Muthu Periasamy and Ryozo Nagai -- Vascular Smooth Muscle-Specific Gene Expression / Tim C. McQuinn and Robert J. Schwartz -- Molecular Controls of Smooth Muscle Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia: Overview / Russell Ross -- Smooth Muscle Cell Function from the Clinical Perspective: Overview / Alexander W. Clowes -- Regulation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Growth / Michael A. Reidy -- Pharmacology of Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation / Christopher L. Jackson -- Smooth Muscle Cell and Fibroblast Biological and Functional Features: Similarities and Differences / Alexis Desmouliere and Giulio Gabbiani -- Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Hypertension: Possible Contribution to Arterial Remodeling / Jo G. R. Demey -- Epilogue / Stephen M. Schwartz.

ISBN

0126323100 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95021174

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries