The Lymphatic continuum
Subtitle: lymphatic biology and disease
By: edited by Stanley G. Rockson
Contributors: Rockson, Stanley G
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 979
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Lymphatics -- Physiology -- Congresses; Lymphatics -- Pathophysiology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The lymphatic continuum: the past, present and exciting future of lymphatic research / by Stanley G. Rockson; title: The role of the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health: infrastructure to forge a new road for lymphatic biology and therapeutics / by Anthony R. Hayward; title: An overview of the pathology and approaches to tissue engineering / by Erin R. Ochoa and Joseph P. Vacanti; title: Tissue engineering of the lymphatic system / by Laura E. Niklason, Jennifer Koh, and Amy Solan; title: New tools for lymphatic investigation: panel discussion; title: Research perspectives in inherited lymphatic disease / by Robert E. Ferrell; title: Contractility patterns of normal and pathologically changed human lymphatics / by Waldemar L. Olszewski; title: Preclinical models of lymphatic disease: the potential for growth factor and gene therapy / by Stanley G. Rockson; title: Biological principles: panel discussion; title: Placental growth factor (PlGF) and its receptor Flt-1 (VEGFR-1): novel therapeutic targets for angiogenic disorders / by Aernout Luttun, Marc Tjwa, and Peter Carmeliet; title: Insights into the molecular pathogenesis and targeted treatment of lymphedema / by Anne Saaristo, Marika J. Karkkainen, and Kari Alitalo; title: Lymphangiogenesis : new mechanisms / by Lynn Chang, Arja Kaipainen, and Judah Folkman; title: Lymphatic vessel activation in cancer / by Melanie Cassella and Mihaela Skobe; title: The pathogenesis of filarial lymphedema: is it the worm or is it the host? / by Patrick J. Lammie, Karen T. Cuenco, and George A. Punkosdy; title: The molecular control of adipogenesis, with special reference to lymphatic pathology / by Evan D. Rosen; title: A stepwise model of the development of lymphatic vasculature / by Guillermo Oliver and Natasha Harvey; title: De novo lymph node formation in chronic inflammation of the human leg / by Waldemar L. Olszewski; title: Physiologic aspects of lymphatic contractile function: current perspectives / by Anatoliy A. Gashev; title: Aspects of lymphatic biology and disease: panel discussion; title: The role of interstitial stress in lymphatic function and lymphangiogenesis / by Melody A. Swartz and Kendrick C. Boardman, Jr.; title: Proteomic technologies to study diseases of the lymphatic vascular system / by Lee V. Leak ... [et al.]; title: New horizons: panel discussion