Immunology of Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Pathology

Preface.- Introduction.- Section 1: The Immune system in tissue and organ homeostasis.- Chapter 1: The Immune system beyond the fight against infection.- Section 2: Immune functions and properties of resident cells in the heart and cardiovascular system.- Chapter 2: Cardiomyocytes: Paying for the Tolls - The High Cost of the Innate Immune System for the Cardiac Myocyte.- Chapter 3: Fibroblasts: Properties and immune function of cardiac fibroblasts.- Chapter 4: Endothelial cells.- Chapter 5: Pericytes.- Chapter 6: Tissue-resident macrophages: The role of cardiac tissue macrophages in homeostasis and disease.- Section 3: The immune system in cardiovascular pathology.- Chapter 7: Atherosclerosis.- Chapter 8: Immune mediated heart disease.- Chapter 9: Vasculitis in the central nervous system.- Chapter 10: Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis.- Section 4: The immune system in repair and regeneration after myocardial infarct.- Chapter 11: Lymphocytes at the heart of wound healing.- Chapter 12:The innate immune system in cardiovascular repair and regeneration.

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• Pesquisa médica
• Medicina cardiovascular
• Imunologia

atherosclerosis;autoimmunity;cardiovascular immunology;heart disease;myocardial infarct;tissue homeostasis