Endothelial Cell Biology in Health and Disease

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Microvascular Endothelium Revisited....Pages 3-22
Ultrastructural Studies of Capillary Endothelium....Pages 23-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Transport Pathways and Processes....Pages 51-68
Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis of Plasma Molecules by Vascular Endothelium....Pages 69-104
Studies of Pulmonary Endothelial Permeability Using Tritiated Dextrans....Pages 105-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Endothelial Morphogenesis....Pages 123-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
The Endothelial Junction....Pages 147-166
Endothelial Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions....Pages 167-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Assembly and Function of the Protein C Anticoagulant Pathway on Endothelium....Pages 191-206
The Biochemistry and Physiology of Anticoagulantly Active Heparin-like Molecules....Pages 207-228
The Fibrinolytic System of Cultured Endothelial Cells....Pages 229-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Vascular Endothelium....Pages 255-273
Endothelium and the Regulation of Coagulation....Pages 275-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Heat-Shock Response as a Possible Model for (Patho)physiological Stress in Endothelial Cells....Pages 309-334
Endothelial Activation....Pages 335-347
Intimal Responses to Shear Stress, Hypercholesterolemia, and Hypertension....Pages 349-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Endothelial Injury and Atherosclerosis....Pages 371-384
Prelesional Changes of Arterial Endothelium in Hyperlipoproteinemic Atherogenesis....Pages 385-429
Response of Blood Vessel Cells to Viral Infection....Pages 431-449
Back Matter....Pages 451-458