Research Catalog

Title

Endocrinology of the vasculature / edited by James R. Sowers.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Sowers, James R. (James Russell), 1942-

Description

xi, 396 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Series Statement

Contemporary endocrinology

Uniform Title

Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

• Paracrine mechanisms
• Vascular endothelium
• Endothelium, Vascular > physiology
• Autocrine mechanisms
• Vascular smooth muscle
• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor: An Overview / John P. Cooke and Philip S. Tsao -- 2. Ionic Mechanisms of Peptide-Induced Responses in Vascular Endothelial Cells / Jianben Song and Jeffrey L. Ram -- 3. Non-cGMP, Paracrine Effects of Nitric Oxide in the Vasculature / Nancy L. Kanagy, Rajabrata Sarkar, Stephanie W. Watts and R. Clinton Webb -- 4. The Endothelin Peptides: Roles in Physiology and Pathophysiology / Ellis R. Levin -- 5. Estrogen and Vascular Reactivity / Marie D. Gerhard and Mark A. Creager -- 6. C-Type Natriuretic Peptide: The Vascular Component of the Natriuretic Peptide System / Iftikhar J. Kullo and John C. Burnett, Jr. -- 7. Vascular Actions of Insulin in Health and Disease: Role of the Endothelium / Alain D. Baron and Helmut O. Steinberg -- 8. Angiotensin-Nitric Oxide: Interaction and the Regulation of Renal Vascular Tone / William H. Beierwaltes and David H. Sigmon --
• 9. Altered Endothelial Function in Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview / Richard L. Klein and John A. Colwell -- 10. Vascular Abnormalities in Diabetes Mellitus / Katherine D. Hein and George L. King -- 11. Effects of Hyperglycemia on Vascular Endothelium Nitric Oxide Metabolism / Steven B. Magill and Jamie Dananberg -- 12. Evidence Linking Fatty Acids, the Risk Factor Cluster, and Vascular Pathophysiology: Implications for the Diabetic Hypertensive Patient / Brent M. Egan and Konrad T. Stepniakowski -- 13. Effects of Low Density Lipoproteins on Endothelial Cell Signaling and Adhesion Molecule Expression / Hermann Haller and Friedrich C. Luft -- 14. Angiotensin II Signal Transduction in Vascular Smooth Muscle / Bradford C. Berk, Jennifer L. Duff, Mario B. Marrero and Kenneth E. Bernstein -- 15. The Vascular Renin System / Peter Eggena and Jack D. Barrett -- 16. Effects of Insulin on Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction / Andrew M. Kahn and Tom Song --
• 17. Sex Hormones and the Vasculature / Suzanne Oparil, Ronald L. Levine and Yiu-Fai Chen -- 18. Vitamin D and the Vessel Wall / Richard D. Bukoski -- 19. Vascular Action Natriuretic Peptide Receptors / Kailash N. Pandey -- 20. A Novel Vascular Hormone: Adrenomedullin / Willis K. Samson -- 21. Calcium and Magnesium in the Regulation of Smooth Muscle Function and Blood Pressure: The Ionic Hypothesis of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases and Vascular Aging / Mario Barbagallo and Lawrence M. Resnick -- 22. Regulation of Intracellular pH and the Na[superscript +]/H[superscript +] Antiporter in Vascular Smooth Muscle / Michael S. LaPointe and Daniel Batlle -- 23. Endocrine Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Intermediary Metabolism / Ligia J. Dominguez, Jacob D. Peuler and James R. Sowers --
• 24. Analogy Between Endothelial/Mesangial Cell and Endothelial/Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions: Role of Growth Factors and Mechanotransduction / George L. Bakris, Paul R. Standley, Carlos E. Palant, Mary F. Walsh and James R. Sowers -- 25. Arachidonic Acid Metabolites in the Vasculature / Michael S. Golub, Mark T. Hori and Michael L. Tuck -- 26. Arachidonic Acid Metabolites on Renin and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Growth / Rama Natarajan, Naftali Stern and Jerry Nadler.

ISBN

0896033635 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

96172071

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries