Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

The Immunology of Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Pathology

Editors: Sattler, Susanne, Kennedy-Lydon, Teresa (Eds.)

  • Each chapter provides the fundamentals and new developments, to focus the book towards both the novice and the expert
    Offers thorough insight into the rapidly emerging and growing field of cardiovascular immunology
    Contributors comprise a good mix of immunologists and vascular biologists

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Cardiovascular immunology is a newly emerging research area, investigating the crosstalk between the cardiovascular and the immune system. This crosstalk is evident through (1) crucial immunological capacities and functions of cardiovascular cell types, including cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, pericytes and cardiac resident macrophages, (2) the impact of aberrant immune function on the development of cardiovascular disease such as atherosclerosis, direct and indirect immune-mediated heart disease and vasculitis, and (3) the crucial role of the immune system in cardiac repair and regeneration.

The Immunology of Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Pathology covers all these aspects of cardiovascular immunology, starting with homeostatic immunological functions of traditional cardiovascular cell types, and moving then to the role of the immune system in cardiovascular pathology and to recent research into targeting the immune system to boost cardiac healing and regeneration.

About the authors

Susanne Sattler, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Teresa Kennedy-Lydon, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  • The Role of the Immune System Beyond the Fight Against Infection

    Sattler, Susanne

    Pages 3-14

  • Paying for the Tolls: The High Cost of the Innate Immune System for the Cardiac Myocyte

    Knowlton, Anne A.

    Pages 17-34

  • Properties and Immune Function of Cardiac Fibroblasts

    Furtado, Milena B. (et al.)

    Pages 35-70

  • Endothelial Cells

    Sturtzel, Caterina

    Pages 71-91

  • Immune Functions and Properties of Resident Cells in the Heart and Cardiovascular System: Pericytes

    Kennedy-Lydon, Teresa

    Pages 93-103

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eBook $149.00
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Hardcover $189.00
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Bibliographic Information

Bibliographic Information
Book Title
The Immunology of Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Pathology
Editors
  • Susanne Sattler
  • Teresa Kennedy-Lydon
Series Title
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Series Volume
1003
Copyright
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright Holder
Springer International Publishing AG
eBook ISBN
978-3-319-57613-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-57613-8
Hardcover ISBN
978-3-319-57611-4
Series ISSN
0065-2598
Edition Number
1
Number of Pages
XII, 283
Number of Illustrations and Tables
2 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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