Biology of Endothelial Cells

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Culture and identification of large vessel endothelial cells....Pages 1-13
Culture of capillary endothelial cells....Pages 14-26
Culture of endothelial cells from neural capillaries....Pages 27-33
Culture of pulmonary endothelial cells on microcarrier beads....Pages 34-50
Construction of an artificial blood vessel wall from cultured endothelial cells....Pages 51-58
Growth requirements for bovine aortic endothelium in vitro ....Pages 59-65
Contact inhibition in the endothelium....Pages 66-73
Endothelial cell motility....Pages 74-86
Factors which stimulate the growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro ....Pages 87-96
Macrophages, neovascularization, and the growth of vascular cells....Pages 97-107
The limited life-span of bovine endothelial cells....Pages 108-117
Endothelium, heparin, and the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell growth....Pages 118-128
Morphology of vascular endothelial cells in culture....Pages 129-140
The endothelial cytoskeleton....Pages 141-154
Metabolism of thrombospondin and fibronectin by endothelial cells....Pages 155-160
Collagen synthesis by endothelial cells in culture....Pages 161-177
Sulfated glycosaminoglycans and vascular endothelial cells....Pages 178-188
Elastin synthesis by endothelial cells....Pages 189-193
Gene mapping using hybrids of human endothelial cells and rodent fibroblasts....Pages 194-199
Properties of plasminogen activators produced by endothelial cells....Pages 200-208
Synthesis of Factor VIII by endothelial cells....Pages 209-214
Tissue factor activity of cultured human vascular cells....Pages 215-223
Activation of Hageman factor by cultured rabbit endothelial cells....Pages 224-227
Prostacyclin production by endothelial cells....Pages 228-247
Regulation of endothelial cell function by cyclic nucleotides....Pages 248-258
Interactions of thrombin, antithrombin III, and Protein C with endothelium....Pages 259-267
Viral infection of endothelium and the induction of Fc and C3 receptors....Pages 268-276
Adhesive interactions between polymorphonuclear leukocytes and endothelium....Pages 277-285
Neutrophil endothelial interactions....Pages 286-297
Synthesis of colony stimulating activity by endothelial cells....Pages 298-301
The metabolism of vasoactive peptides by human endothelial cells....Pages 302-316
The metabolism of angiotensin I and bradykinin by endothelial cells....Pages 317-329
Metabolism of serotonin and adenosine....Pages 330-342
Receptors for insulin and multiplication stimulating activity (MSA) in endothelial cells....Pages 343-349
Binding of lipoprotein lipase to cultured endothelial cells....Pages 350-355
Role of lipoproteins in the regulation of cultured endothelial cell cholesterol metabolism....Pages 356-364
Quantitative aspects of endocytosis in cultured endothelial cells....Pages 365-376
The alloantigens of endothelial cells....Pages 377-384
Accessory cell function of human endothelial cells: presentation of antigen to T cells....Pages 385-392
Cell surface markers on endothelial cells: a developmental perspective....Pages 393-400
Endothelial seeding of vascular prostheses....Pages 401-411
Angiogenesis....Pages 412-428
Synthesis of collagenase and plasminogen activator by endothelial cells....Pages 429-437
 In vitro systems for studying the interaction of metastatic tumor cells with endothelial cells and subendothelial basement membranes....Pages 438-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-456