Angiogenesis in Inflammation: Mechanisms and Clinical Correlates

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seed, Michael P. (Editor), Walsh, David A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2008.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Immunology.; Internal medicine.; Angiology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Internal Medicine.; Cell Biology.

Angiogenesis is an essential component of inflammation and its resolution. This volume provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in the pathology, mechanisms and therapy of angiogenesis dependent inflammatory disease. Recent years have seen large advances in angiogenesis research, e...

Table of Contents:

• Neurogenic angiogenesis and inflammation
• The angiogenic drive in chronic inflammation: Hypoxia and the cytokine milieu
• Dendritic cells and angiogenesis
• The lymphocyte in inflammatory angiogenesis
• The fibroblast and myofibroblast in inflammatory angiogenesis
• Chemokines and cytokines in inflammatory angiogenesis
• Modelling angiogenesis in inflammation
• Angiogenesis in the inflammation of arthritis.