Cell Interactions in Atherosclerosis

Constituents of the Arterial Wall and Atherosclerotic Plaque: An Introduction to Atherosclerosis (Nicholas J. Severs and Horst Robenek). Three-Dimensional Organization of the Intima of Rabbit Aorta in Early Atherosclerotic Lesion Development as Viewed by Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy (Joy S. Frank and Patricia F.E.M. Nievelstein). Renal Transplant Arteriopathy; Similarities to Atherosclerosis (Ekkehard Vollmer and Albert Roessner). Collagens and Collagen Synthesis in the Atherosclerotic Vessel Wall (Juergen Rauterberg and Elisabeth Jaeger). Regulation of Biosynthetic Activity in Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by Extracellular Matrix Components (Michael Thie). Vascular Cell Responses to Injury: Modulation by Extracellular Matrix and Soluble Factors (Joseph A. Madri and Leonard Bell). Cytochemical Characterization and Mapping of Glycoconjugates in Arterial Tissues and Vascular Cell Cultures by Light and Electron Microscopy (Wolfgang Voelker). Role of Modified Lipoproteins in Atherosclerosis (Wulf Palinksi). Characterization of Lipoprotein Metabolism in Cells Isolated from Atherosclerotic Arteries (Olli Jaakkola). Endocytosis of Lipoproteins and Cholesterol Homeostasis (Horst Robenek and Nicholas J. Severs). c. 250 pp., 6-1/8 x 9-1/4, due September 1992, ISBN 0-8493-5505-2.FEATURES: