Inflammation and the microcirculation /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan and Claypool,
[2010]
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| Series: | Colloquium digital library of life sciences.
Colloquium series on integrated systems physiology, from molecule to function. # 8. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | The microcirculation is highly responsive to, and a vital participant in, the inflammatory response. All segments of the microvasculature (arterioles, capillaries, and venules) exhibit characteristic phenotypic changes during inflammation that appear to be directed toward enhancing the delivery of inflammatory cells to the injured/infected tissue, isolating the region from healthy tissue and the systemic circulation, and setting the stage for tissue repair and regeneration. The best characterized responses of the microcirculation to inflammation include impaired vasomotor function, reduced capillary perfusion, adhesion of leukocytes and platelets, activation of the coagulation cascade, and enhanced thrombosis, increased vascular permeability, and an increase in the rate of proliferation of blood and lymphatic vessels. A variety of cells that normally circulate in blood (leukocytes, platelets) or reside within the vessel wall (endothelial cells, pericytes) or in the perivascular space (mast cells, macrophages) are activated in response to inflammation. The activation products and chemical mediators released from these cells act through different well-characterized signaling pathways to induce the phenotypic changes in microvessel function that accompany inflammation. Drugs that target a specific microvascular response to inflammation, such as leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion or angiogenesis, have shown promise in both the preclinical and clinical studies of inflammatory disease. Future research efforts in this area will likely identify new avenues for therapeutic intervention in inflammation. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. Part of: Colloquium digital library of life sciences. Series from website. Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 14, 2010). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 87 pages) : illustrations Also available in printing. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-87). |
| ISBN: | 9781615041664 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 2154-5626 ; |
| DOI: | 10.4199/C00013ED1V01Y201006ISP008 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. |