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Physiology and Pathobiology of Microvascular Endothelium

Jordan S. Pober

10.1002/cphy.cp020402

Source: Supplement 9: Handbook of Physiology, The Cardiovascular System, Microcirculation

Originally published: 2008

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Microvascular ECs: Morphological Features and Markers
2 Physiological Functions of ECs at Rest
3 Type I Activation of Endothelium
4 Type II Activation of ECs
5 Immune‐Mediated Activation of ECs
6 Endothelial Dysfunction, Injury and Cytoprotection
7 ECs and Chronic Inflammation
8 Summary
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Jordan S. Pober. Physiology and Pathobiology of Microvascular Endothelium. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 9: Handbook of Physiology, The Cardiovascular System, Microcirculation: 37-55. First published in print 2008. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp020402