The current volume is devoted to a review of the state-of-the-art in lymphatic investigation and the advances that have occurred since the publication of the The Lymphatic Continuum. INDICE: Introduction: The Lymphatic Continuum Revisited: Stanley G. Rockson.Part I: Tools for Lymphatic Investigation:.1. Markers for Microscopic Imaging of Lymphangiogenesis and Angiogenesis: Peter Baluk and Donald M. McDonald.2.New Horizons for Imaging Lymphatic Function: Ruchi Sharma, Juliet A. Wendt, John C. Rasmussen, Kristen E. Adams, Milton V. Marshall, and Eva M. Sevick-Muraca.3. Peptide Targeting of Tumor Lymph Vessels: Pirjo Laakkonen, Lianglin Zhang, and Erkki Ruoslahti.4. Lymphatic Tissue Engineering: Progress and Prospects: Thomas Hitchcock and Laura Niklason.5. Animal Models for the Molecular and Mechanistic Study of Lymphatic Biology and Disease: William S. Shin and StanleyG. Rockson.Part II: Biological Principles of the Lymphatic System:.6. CurrentConcepts in Lymphatic Vasculature Development: Guillermo Oliver and R. Sathish Srinivasan.7. The Link between Lymphatic Function and Adipose Biology: Natasha Harvey.8. Molecular Regulation of Lymphatic Contractility: Mariappan Muthuchamy and David Zawieja.9. Lymphatic Vessels: Pressure- and Flow-Dependent Regulatory Reactions: Anatoliy A. Gashev.10. Contractility Patterns of Human Leg Lymphatics in Various Stages of Obstructive Lymphedema: Waldemar Olszewski.11. Cell Traffic and the Lymphatic Endothelium: Louise Anne Johnson and David G. Jackson.12. Research Perspectives in Inherited Lymphatic Disease: An Update: Robert E. Ferrell and David N. Finegold.Part III: Biological Principles in Lymphedema Diagnosis and Management:.13. Phenotypic Characterization of Primary Lymphedema: Fiona Connell, Glen Brice, and Peter Mortimer.14. Estimating the Population Burden of Lymphedema: Stanley G. Rockson and Kahealani K. Rivera.15. The Clinical Spectrum of Lymphatic Disease: Kavita Radhakrishnan and Stanley G. Rockson.16. Cogenital Lymphatic Malformations: Francine Blei.17. Lymphatics inLung Disease: Souheil El-Chemaly, Stewart J Levine, and Joel Moss.18. Lymphatic Involvement in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Connie G. Glasgow, Angelo M. Taveira-DaSilva, Thomas N. Darling, and Joel Moss.19. Targeted Treatment for Lymphedema and Lymphatic Metastasis: Tomi Tervala, Erkki Suominen, and Anne Saaristo.Part IV: Lymphatic Biology of Cancer and Metastasis:.20. Molecular Control ofLymphatic Metastasis: Marc G. Achen and Steven A. Stacker.21. Lymphatic Vessel Activation in Cancer: Suvendu Das and Mihaela Skobe.Index of Contributors
- ISBN: 978-1-57331-699-6
- Editorial: New York Academy of Science
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés