Title:
Molecular approaches to heart failure therapy / G. Hasenfuss, E. Marbâan (eds.).
Main Entry:
Hasenfuss, G. (Gerd)
Marbâan, E. (Eduardo)
Publisher:
Steinkopff,
Publication Date:
c2000.
Publication Place:
Darmstadt :
ISBN:
9783798512368 (alk. paper)
3798512361 (alk. paper)
Subject:
Heart Failure -- therapy.
Gene Transfer Techniques.
Heart -- Diseases -- Molecular aspects.
Contents:
1. Alterations in excitation-contraction coupling and potential gene therapy targets in failing human hearts / B. Pieske -- 2. Cardiac overexpression of [beta]-adrenergic receptors / M.J. Lohse, S. Engelhardt -- 3. Genetic approaches to elucidate the regulatory role of phospholamban in the heart / A.G. Schmidt, E.G. Kranias -- 4. Manipulation of SERCA2a in the heart by gene transfer / F. del Monte, S.E. Harding, R.J. Hajjar -- 5. Changing the cardiac calcium transient: SERCA2 overexpression versus phospholamban inhibition / W.H. Dillmann -- 6. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of SERCA isoforms / G. Inesi ... [et al.] -- 7. Overexpression of FKBP12.6 to influence SR function /J. Prestle ... [et al.] -- 8. Adenovirus-mediated myocardial gene therapy / J.K. Donahue -- 9. Adenovirus-mediated transfection of multicellular cardiac preparations / P.M.L. Janssen ... [et al.] -- 10. Myocardial-specific gene delivery / W.-M. Franz ... [et al.] -- 11. Transfection studies using a new cardiac 3D gel system / T. Eschenhagen ... [et al.] -- 12. Cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias -do they play a role in heart failure? / D.J. Beuckelmann, L. Priebe, U.C. Hoppe -- 13. Potassium channel overexpression / U.C. Hoppe ... [et al.] -- 14. Mechanisms and relevance of apoptosis / J. Holtz, M. Tostlebe, D. Darmer -- 15. Strategies to prevent apoptosis / A. Haunstetter, S. Izumo -- 16. Neurohumoral modulation of metalloproteinases in cardiac failure: impact on remodeling / D.A. Kass, H. Senzaki, N. Paolocci -- 17. Oxidative stress in heart failure / D.B. Sawyer, W.S. Colucci -- 18. Modulation of cardiac function by essential myosin light chains in health and disease / I. Morano -- 19. Myocardial infraction, infarct repair, and strategies for muscle regeneration / C.E. Murry, M. Zhang, H. Reinecke -- 20. Cardiomyocytes can induce rhythmic contraction of skeletal muscle cells. Potential use infarct repair / H. Reinecke ... [et al.] -- 21. Strategies to indentify cardiomyocyte cells cycle regulatory genes / K.B.S. Pasumarthi, L.J. Field.
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