Organ Microcirculation: A Gateway to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions: Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, cartea 13

Nanobiotechnology for Developing Microvascular Intervention.- Importance of the Villus Microcirculation for Intestinal Absorption of Glucose.- Oxygen Transport in the Microvessel Network.- Beating-Heart Microvascular Imaging by High-Speed Video Microscope and SPring-8.- The Laser Hot Balloon Catheter: a New Approach to Treating Atheromatous Lesions.- Design and Modification of Nanoparticles for Blood Substitutes.- Analysis of Angiogenic Profiles After Antiangiogenic Therapy by Colored Dye Extraction Microsphere Technique.- Gastroduodenal Microcirculation and Disease.- Esophageal and Gastrointestinal Microcirculation: Essential for Mucosal Protection, a Target for Injury, and a Critical Component of Injury and Ulcer Healing.- Microvascular Pathophysiology in Gastric Mucosal Inflammation Associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection.- Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Stomach: Role of Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals and Complement Regulatory System.- Gastroduodenal Microcirculatory Response to Luminal Acid.- Intracellular pH (pHi) Measurement in Rat Duodenal Epithelium In Vivo Using SNARF-1.- Prevention of Ethanol-induced Gastric Mucosal Microcirculatory Disturbances by Mild Irritant Through the Actions of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Prostaglandin I2 in Rats.- Role of Perforin and Granzyme B of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte in the Onset of Peptic Ulcer Formation.- Re-Evaluation of Microcirculatory Endothelial Cell as an Endocrine System of Leptin: Its Significance During Ulcer Healing and Helicobacter pylori Infection.- Bile Nucleotides Exaggerate Ischemia-Reperfusion-Induced Epithelial Injury via P2Y, Not P2X Purinoceptor in Rat Jejunum.- Prostaglandin E1 and a Serine Protease Inhibitor Protect the Gastric Microcirculation and Increase the Gastric Acid Secretion After Thermal Injury.- Duodenal Blood Flow in Acute Portal Hypertension.- Liver Microcirculation Research for Clinical Application.- Genetic Manipulation of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells.- Basic Aspects of the Hepatic Microvascular System.- Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells: Anti-Adipogenic Differentiation?.- Microvascular Derangement in Liver Transplantation.- Regulation of Local Hepatic Oxygen Delivery Following Stress.- Application of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide for Hepatic Tumor Diagnosis.- Roles of Thromboxane in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hepatic Microcirculatory Dysfunction in Mice.- Changes of Hepatic Microcirculation in Acute Cholestasis.- Cell Adhesion and Traffic in Microcirculation.- Microvascular Aspects of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.- Analysis of Trigger Mechanisms for Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease: Application to Shock and Multiorgan Failure.- Selectin-Dependent Leukocyte Interactions with Vascular Surfaces.- Lymphocyte Migration to the Intestinal Mucosa and its Relation to Mucosal Defense.- Role for P-Selectin in Platelet Thrombus Formation Under Flow.- Glomerular Microcirculation: Distinct Intracellular Mechanisms for Afferent and Efferent Arteriolar Tone.- Role of Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1 (LOX-1) in Adenosine Diphosphate-Activated Platelet Adhesion to Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Under Flow In Vitro.- Role of Oxidative Stress in Interaction Between Endothelial Cells and Platelets in Diabetes.- T-Lymphocyte Migration is Differently Regulated in Appendiceal Lymph Follicles and Intestinal Peyer’s Patches.- Cardiotonic Pill Improves Ischemia-Reperfusion-Induced Microcirculatory Disturbances in Rat Mesentery.- Molecular Determinants of Dextran Sodium Sulfate Colitis-Induced Platelet Adhesion inColonic Venules.- Lymphatic Vessels as a Selective Administration Route of Antitumor Agent.- Gaseous Molecules: Sensing and Bioregulation in Microcirculation.- The Heme Oxygenase-Carbon Monoxide System as a Regulator of Microvascular Function.- Biological Characteristics of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells with Special Reference to Nitric Oxide and Lymphangiogenesis.- How Does Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reach Peripheral Tissues?.- Tumor Angiogenesis Regulated by Gaseous Molecules in Tumor Microenvironment: Oxygen, pH, and Nitric Oxide.- Oxygen-Induced Cytoskeleton Rearrangement of Cultured Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells.

Recent advances of microvascular research, not only clinical aspects but also nano-biotechnologies for medical intervention, are explained