The Immunology of Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Pathology, 1st ed. 2017 Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 1003

Preface.- Introduction.- Section 1: The Immune system in tissue and organ homeostasis.- Chapter 1: The Immune system beyond the fight against infection.- Section 2: Immune functions and properties of resident cells in the heart and cardiovascular system.- Chapter 2: Cardiomyocytes: Paying for the Tolls - The High Cost of the Innate Immune System for the Cardiac Myocyte.- Chapter 3: Fibroblasts: Properties and immune function of cardiac fibroblasts.- Chapter 4: Endothelial cells.- Chapter 5: Pericytes.- Chapter 6: Tissue-resident macrophages: The role of cardiac tissue macrophages in homeostasis and disease.- Section 3: The immune system in cardiovascular pathology.- Chapter 7: Atherosclerosis.- Chapter 8: Immune mediated heart disease.- Chapter 9: Vasculitis in the central nervous system.- Chapter 10: Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis.- Section 4: The immune system in repair and regeneration after myocardial infarct.- Chapter 11: Lymphocytes at the heart of wound healing.- Chapter 12:The innate immune system in cardiovascular repair and regeneration.

Susanne Sattler, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London

Each chapter provides the fundamentals and new developments, to focus the book towards both the novice and the expert Offers thorough insight into the rapidly emerging and growing field of cardiovascular immunology Contributors comprise a good mix of immunologists and vascular biologists