Arteriogenesis

Emphasizes the research activities of Germany's Nauheim Institute of the Max Planck Society and its group of investigators both past and present, in the field of collateral artery growth. Incorporates a multidisciplinary in vivo approach to the study of arteriogenesis that includes molecular approaches with classical physiology and immunohistochemistry. Full color throughout and well illustrated.

List of Contributors 1. Introduction; Wolfgang Schaper 2. Embryonic Development of Collateral Arteries; Borja Fernandez 3. Structural Remodeling during Growth of Collateral Vessels; Wei-jun Cai, Dimitri Scholz, Tibor Ziegelhoeffer and Jutta Schaper 4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Shawn Wagner, Armin Helisch and Tibor Ziegelhoeffer 5. Physical Forces and their Translation into Molecular Mechanisms; Wolfgang Schaper, Frederic Pipp, Dimitri Scholz, Stefanie Boehrn, Elisabeth Deindl, Miroslav Barancik, Inka Eitenmueller, Tibor Ziegelhoeffer, Alexander Kluge and Thomas Schmitz-Rixen 6. Role of Hypoxia/Ischemia/VEGF-A, and Strain Difference; Elisabeth Deindl, Armin Helisch, Dimitri Scholz, Matthias Heil, Shawn Wagner and Wolfgang Schaper 7. Monocytes and Cytokines; Matthias Heil and Elisabeth Deindl 8. Bone Marrow-Derived Cells; Tibor Ziegelhoeffer, Sawa Kostin, Borja Fernandez, Matthias Heil and Wolfgang Schaper 9. Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions; Borja Fernandez and Kerstin Broich 10. Fibroblast Growth Factors; Rene Zimmermann, Borja Fernandez, Alexandra Buehler, Alessandra Martire, Sawa Kostin, Claudia Strohm, Swen Wolfram and Elisabeth Deindl 11. Signal Transduction Pathways in Smooth Muscle Cells; Sabina Vogel, Thomas Kubin, Miroslav Barancik, Elisabeth Deindl, Dietmar von der Ahe and Rene Zimmermann 12. Expression Profiling of Growing Collateral Arteries/Hunting for New Genes; Rene Zimmermann, Kerstin Boengler, Andreas Kampmann, Borja Fernandez, Elisabeth Deindl and Wolfgang Schaper 13. Theory of Arteriogenesis; Wolfgang Schaper 14. Effects of Physical Activity; Swen Wolfram 15. Cerebral Arteriogenesis; Ivo R. Buschmann, Hans-Joerg Busch, Edda Schneeloch and Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann 16. The Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man Post-mortem and Clinical Studies; William F.M. Fulton and Niels van Royen 17. Function of the Coronary Collateral Circulation in Man; Christian Seiler 18.Collateral Circulation in Clinical Practice; Ralf Ritter 19. Arteriogenesis and Atherosclerosis: Strange Bedfellows; Niels van Royen and Wolfgang Schaper