Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Remodeling in Health and Disease: Cardiovascular Remodeling

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Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Remodeling in Health and Disease Part I: Cardiovascular Remodeling is the latest volume in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series. This volume is the first part of a thematicand contains up-to-date information on the biology and function of matrix metalloproteinases, and how their effects on tissue remodeling are altered in diseases of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems and other tissues and organs, as well as cancer. Contributors include prominent scientists and highly-recognized experts with major accomplishments in the research field of matrix metalloproteinases. Content: CopyrightPage iv ContributorsPages ix-x PrefacePages xi-xiiRaouf A. Khalil Chapter One - Biochemical and Biological Attributes of Matrix MetalloproteinasesPages 1-73Ning Cui, Min Hu, Raouf A. Khalil Chapter Two - Matrix Metalloproteinases in Myocardial Infarction and Heart FailurePages 75-100Kristine Y. DeLeon-Pennell, Cesar A. Meschiari, Mira Jung, Merry L. Lindsey Chapter Three - The Balance Between Metalloproteinases and TIMPs: Critical Regulator of Microvascular Endothelial Cell Function in Health and DiseasePages 101-131Marcello G. Masciantonio, Christopher K.S. Lee, Valerie Arpino, Sanjay Mehta, Sean E. Gill Chapter Four - Matrix Metalloproteinases and Platelet FunctionPages 133-165Paolo Gresele, Emanuela Falcinelli, Manuela Sebastiano, Stefania Momi Chapter Five - Matrix Metalloproteinases and Leukocyte ActivationPages 167-195Kate S. Smigiel, William C. Parks Chapter Six - Evidence for the Involvement of Matrix-Degrading Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in AtherosclerosisPages 197-237Bethan A. Brown, Helen Williams, Sarah J. George Chapter Seven - The Role Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Production of Aortic AneurysmPages 239-265Simon W. Rabkin Chapter Eight - Matrix Metalloproteinases in Remodeling of Lower Extremity Veins and Chronic Venous DiseasePages 267-299Yunfei Chen, Wei Peng, Joseph D. Raffetto, Raouf A. Khalil IndexPages 301-308