Vascular Biology Protocols

Table of Contents Preface Contributors Rat Carotid Artery Balloon Injury Model David A. Tulis Histological and Morphometric Analyses for Rat Carotid Artery Balloon Injury David A. Tulis Plaque Rupture Model in Mice Takeshi Sasaki, Kae Nakamura and Masafumi Kuzuya Immunostaining of Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions Hong Lu, Debra L. Rateri and Alan Daugherty Surgical Animal Model of Ventricular Hypertrophy Giuseppe Marano and Alberto U. Ferrari Animal Models of Hypertension Brett M. Mitchell, Thomas Wallerath and Ulrich Förstermann Rat Models of Cardiac Insulin Resistance Sanjoy Ghosh, Brian Rodrigues and Jun Ren The Isolated, Perfused Pseudo-Working Heart Model Gary J. Grover and Rajni Singh Altering and Analyzing Glucose Metabolism in Perfused Hearts of Transgenic Mice Rajakumar V. Donthi and Paul N. Epstein Methods in Evaluation of Cardiovascular Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Activation and Oxidative Stress Camila Manrique, Guido Lastra, Javad Habibi, Yongzhong Wei, E. Matthew Morris, Craig S. Stump and James R. Sowers Detection and Quantification of Apoptosis in the Vasculature Wendy A. Boivin and David J. Granville Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation, Characterization and Viral Transduction Keith R. Brunt, Sean RR Hall, Christopher A. Ward and Luis G. Melo Assessment of Endothelial Damage/Dysfunction: A Focus on Circulating Endothelial Cells Christopher J Boos, Andrew D. Blann and Gregory Y. H. Lip Evaluation of Endothelial Function by In-VivoMicroscopy Rosario Scalia Haptotaxis of Endothelial Cell Migration under Flow Steve Hsu, Rahul Thakar, and Song Li Isolation Culture and Functional Analysis of Adult Mouse Cardiomyocytes Ronglih Liao and Mohit Jain Mechanical Measurement of Contractile Function of Isolated Ventricular Myocytes Loren E. Wold and Jun Ren Studying Ischemia and Reperfusion in Isolated Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes Using Coverslip Hypoxia Kelly R. Pitts and Christopher F. Toombs Isolation and Functional Studies

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