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Tables of Contents for Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes
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Dedication: A Tribute to Dr. Setsuro Ebashi
xi
Preface
xv
Acknowledgements
xix
I. ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
PPAR-Alpha in Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism, Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
3
14
Jean-Charles Fruchart
Bart Staels
Patrick Duriez
The Choice of an Appropriate Animal Species in the Study of Chlamydia pneumoniae as an Atherogenic Agent
17
10
Satoru Hirono
Grant N. Pierce
Endothelial Cell Dysfunction---A Key Factor in Atherogenesis and its Reversal (Laboratory and Clinical Study)
27
26
Gurmukh S. Sainani
Manisha Sawhney Bhatia
Rajesh Sainani
Biochemical Mechanisms of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Atherosclerosis: Role of Chemokine Expression
53
10
Karmin O
Yaw L. Siow
Oxyradicals and Hypercholesterolemic Atherosclerosis
63
8
Paul Lee
Kailash Prasad
Identification, Regulation and Function of LOX-1, A Novel Receptor for Ox-LDL
71
12
Jacob Joseph
Dayuan Li
Hongjiang Chen
Jawahar L. Mehta
Atherosclerosis and Angiotensin II in Hypercholesterolemia and Diabetes. A Role for AT1 Receptors Beyond Hypertension
83
16
William B. Strewn
Richard H. Dean
Carlos M. Ferrario
Basic and Clinical Results of New Statin: Pitavastatin
99
8
Yasushi Saito
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Potential Contribution From Platelets
107
12
Stephen Henry
Per L. Katzman
Ratna Bose
Yvette Perry
Shaun Walker
David Mymin
Peter Bolli
Rapamycin-Sensitive Signal Transduction Pathways and the Control of Adipogenesis
119
12
Alexander Sorisky
Annemarie Gagnon
Andrea Bell
Darine El-Chaar
II. HYPERTENSION
Genetic Predisposition to Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
131
8
Toshio Ogihara
Tomohiro Katsuya
Jitsuo Higaki
Role of Sympathetic Nervous System in Hypertension
139
16
Chaman Lal Kaul
Poduri Ramarao
Role of Hypothalamic Peptides in the Development of Hypertension
155
8
Pallab K. Ganguly
Manoj Chakravarty
Myosin Light Chain Kinase in Endothelial Cell Calcium Signaling and Endothelial Functions
163
12
Quang-Kim Tran
Hiroshi Watanabe
Sarpogrelate Inhibits Genes Involved in Vascular Neointimal Hyperplasia and Remodeling
175
12
Sushil K. Sharma
Nobuakira Takeda
Amarjit S. Arneja
Naranjan S. Dhalla
A Nutritional Approach to Prevent High Blood Pressure
187
10
Sudesh Vasdev
Carol Ann Ford
Linda Longerich
Sushil Parai
Cardiovascular and Renal Actions of Leptin
197
14
Prabal K. Guha
Daniel Villarreal
Garry P. Reams
Ronald H. Freeman
Brain Na, K-ATPase Enzymatic Activity and Cardiovascular Regulation
211
18
Mary-Anne H. Kent
James W. Van Huysse
Frans H. H. Leenen
Development of Transdermal and Transbuccal Drug Delivery Systems for Cardioactive Drugs with Special Reference to Anti-Hypertensive Agents
229
18
S. S. Agrawal
Insulin Resistance and Experimental Hypertension
247
16
Denise Galipeau
John H. Mcneill
III. DIABETES MELLITUS
New Paradigm for Insulin Resistance: The HISS Story
263
14
W. Wayne Lautt
Vanadium Effects in Diabetes
277
12
Tod A. Clark
Grant N. Pierce
Dyslipoproteinemia and Fibrinolysis
289
12
Garry X. Shen
Endothelins and Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes
301
16
Subrata Chakrabarti
Usefulness of 5-HT2A Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes
317
10
Ramesh K. Goyal
Dhananjay N. Umrani
Dipali N. Bodiwala
Naranjan S. Dhalla
Selective Attenuation of Enhanced Angiotensin II Mediated Responses in the Streptozotocin Diabetic Rat Thoracic Aorta by Tempol
327
12
Bettadapura N. Srikumar
Shailesh Shastri
Poduri Ramarao
Chaman Lal Kaul
Role of Renin-Angiotensin System in Diabetic Heart Dysfunction and Changes in Phospholipase C Activity
339
14
Paramjit S. Tappia
Sushma A. Mengi
Naranjan S. Dhalla
Regulation of Cardiac Function in Diabetes
353
20
Thomas Netticadan
Sharad Rastogi
Punam K. Chohan
Ramesh K. Goyal
Naranjan S. Dhalla
Diabetes and Cardiac Dysfunction
373
14
David L. Severson
Ellen Aasum
Darrell D. Belke
Terje S. Larsen
Lisa M. Semeniuk
Yakhin Shimoni
Mechanisms Underlying Contractile Dysfunction in Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
387
22
Nicolas K. Bracken
Jaipaul Singh
William Winlow
Frank C. Howarth
Protein Kinase C Signaling and Expression of the Diabetic Cardiac Phenotype
409
18
Barinder Pal Singh Kang
Babatunde Fasipe
Kameelah Broadway
Marjan Chegounchi
Leonard G. Meggs
Ashwani Malhotra
Oxidative Stress in Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes
427
12
Firoozeh Farahmand
Huiquan Lou
Pawan K. Singal
Augmented Energy Transfer in Rat Heart Mitochondria: Compensatory Response to Abnormal Household of Energy in Acute Diabetes
439
16
Attila Ziegelhoffer
Iveta Waczulikova
Tanya Ravingerova
Barbara Ziegelhoffer-Mihalovicova
Jan Neckar
Jan Styk
Ketosis, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Cardiovascular Disease in Type-1 Diabetic Patients
455
10
Sushil K. Jain
Robert Mcvie
Joseph A. Bocchini Jr.
Epigenetic Alterations in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
465
16
Patrick K. Umeda
Regina P. Shiau
Makesha Miggins
James B. Caulfield
Index
481