Vascular Endothelium, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996 Responses to Injury NATO Science Series A: Series, Vol. 281

Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Limin Hersonissou, Greece, June 18-27, 1994.

I. Transplantation and Tissue Damage.- Soluble Complement Receptor and Hyperacute Rejection.- Early Detection of Lung Endothelial Dysfunction in Man.- Interactions of Superoxide Dismutases with Nitric Oxide.- II. Restenosis.- Clinical Profile of Restenosis.- Role of Thrombin and Plasminogen Activators, Essential Proteases of the Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Cascades, in Fibrin Homeostasis and Vascular Cell Activation.- Complement and Mechanisms of Restenosis.- Genetic Factors Contributing to Cardiovascular Disease That May Affect Endothelial Structure and Function: The Role of Proteins Involved in Lipoprotein Transport.- III. Inflammation.- Acute Inflammatory Lung Injury: Mechanisms and Interventions.- Cytokine Activation of Endothelium: Cloning and Characterization of a New IL-1 Inducible Gene.- Pro-Inflammatory Adhesins.- IV. Angiogenesis/Vasculogenesis.- Angiogenesis: An Overview of Regulation and Potential Clinical Application.- Molecular Organization of Endothelial Cell to Cell Junctions.- V. Pulmonary Hypertension.- The Cellular Basis of the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Acute Respiratory Failure.- Tissue Angiotensin Converting Enzyme.- VI. Abstracts of Oral and Poster Presentations.- VII. Participants.- VIII. Index.