A brief history of blood and lymphatic vessels / Andreas Bikfalvi.
Bikfalvi, Andreas, author.
2017
QM178
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Title
A brief history of blood and lymphatic vessels / Andreas Bikfalvi.
Author
Bikfalvi, Andreas, author.
Uniform Title
Brève histoire de vaisseau sanguin et lymphatique. English
ISBN
9783319743769 (electronic book)
3319743767 (electronic book)
9783319743752
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74376-9
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-74376-9 doi
Call Number
QM178
Dewey Decimal Classification
573.1/8
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive account of vascular biology and pathology and its significance for health and disease. It systematically and chronologically explains how we came to our current understanding of the vasculature and it́s function today, and describes in an entertaining way the diverse flaws and turns in science and medicine from the past. It thereby offers a complete and well-studied history on vascular biology and medicine. The book has an easy-to-read style and is written for students as well as scientists, physicians and lecturers in the field of biomedicine, human physiology, cardiology and hematology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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text file PDF
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 18, 2018).
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Print version: 9783319743752
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The vasculature, what is it?
Historical consideration
The vasculature in evolution
Where it all began
Culture of vascular cells in vitro
The discovery of the first stimulating factors of blood vessels
Vascular Endothelial growth factor (VEGF) : the cornerstone of angiogenesis stimulators
Inhibition of angiogenesis "successes and deceptions"
Stimulating angiogenesis
The story is more complicated than anticipated
How to study angiogenesis
Lymphangiogenesis joins in
Endothelial progenitors and stem cells
The neuronal connection
Vascular targeting and vessel destruction ("Vascular targeting")
What future for angiogenesis?
Philosophical aspect of the vascular tree
Concluding remarks.

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