1st Edition

Molecular Genetics & Gene Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases

By S. C. Mockrin Copyright 1996

    Provides detailed discussions of the most recent developments in gene mapping and manipulation to improve the diagnosis, detection, prevention, and treatment of various cardiovascular diseases--including hypertension, arrhythmias, inherited cariomyopathies, hyperlipidemia, aortic aneurysms, Marfan syndrome, and myocardial infarction. Written by nearly 50 investigators on the cutting-edge of pioneering research in the field.

    Molecular Genetics and Its Application to Understanding Cardiovascular Disease

    Identifying Genes in Humans

    A Nonmathematical Overview of Modern Gene Mapping Techniques Applied to Human Diseases

    Molecular Genetics of Human Hypertension

    Arrythmias and Vascular Disease

    Molecular Genetic Studies of Inherited Cardiomyopathies

    Hyperlipidemia: Molecular Defects of Apolipoproteins B and E Responsible for Elevated Blood Lipids

    Genetic Causes of Aortic Aneurysms

    Marfan Syndrome

    Genetic Risk Factors for Myocardial Infarction


    Using Animals to Dissect Complex Traits

    Using Animal Models to Dissect the Genetics of Complex Traits

    Genetic Dissection of Hypertension in Experimental Animal Models

    Hypertension Research with Genetically Altered Animals

    Genetically Altered Mouse Models of Lipoprotein Disorders and Atherosclerosis

    Homologous Recombination and Growth Factors

    Gene Targeting of Adhesion Molecules in the Vasculature

    Cardiogenesis and Molecular Physiology


    Gene Transfer and Therapy

    Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease: An Introduction

    Gene-Transfer Approaches to Vascular Disease

    Gene Transfer Approaches to Myocardial Diseases

    Gene Therapy Approaches to Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disorders

    Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation: Basic Investigations and New Therapeutic Approaches

    Biography

    S. C. Mockrin

    "
    …gets you up to speed on this rapidly expanding area of research.
    "-Bulletin of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research