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Vascular Disease, Molecular Biology and Gene Transfer Protocols

10th December 2006

Vascular Disease, Molecular Biology and Gene Transfer Protocols

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Andrew Baker and a noted panel of expert investigators describe today’s most powerful molecular methods for investigating the pathogenesis of vascular disease. These detailed, easy-to-follow techniques range from methods that have been used successfully to identify specific mutations involved in cardiovascular disorders, to those for transferring genes associated with cardiovascular disease into various vascular cell types by in vitro and in vivo routes. There are methods to identify novel genes and generate full-length cDNAs, to study gene transcription and promoter activity easily and effectively, and to ascertain precisely gene expression levels within the individual cell types in different pathophysiological conditions. Vascular Disease: Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy Protocols offers today’s vascular biologist and gene therapist an unprecedented ability to study the pathogenesis of vascular disease and readily to probe the potential for gene-based therapies.

Ed. Baker, Andrew H.

Table of Contents

    1. Detection of Mutations and DNA Polymorphisms in Genes Involved in Cardiovascular Diseases by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis (pp. 3-12)
      Ye, Shu; Henney, Adriano M.
    2. Analysis of Genetic Variants in Cardiovascular Risk Genes by Heteroduplex Analysis (pp. 13-24)
      Cenarro, Ana; Civeira, Fernando; Pocovi, Miguel
    3. Radiation Hybrid (RH) Mapping of Human Smooth Muscle-Restricted Genes (pp. 25-36)
      Miano, Joseph M.; Garcia, Emilio; Krahe, Ralf
    4. Efficient Extraction of RNA from Vascular Tissue (pp. 39-46)
      Townsend, Catherine F.; Newman, Christopher M. H.; Francis, Sheila E.
    5. Preparation of cDNA Libraries from Vascular Cells (pp. 47-58)
      Lieb, Mark E.; Taubman, Mark B.
    6. Screening cDNA Libraries Using Partial Probes to Isolate Full-Length cDNAs from Vascular Cells (pp. 59-72)
      Csortos, Csilla; Lazar, Virginie; Garcia, Joe G. N.
    7. Cloning Full-Length cDNAs from Vascular Tissues and Cells by Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) and RT-PCR (pp. 73-82)
      Shen, Rong-Fong
    8. Use of cDNA Representational Difference Analysis to Identify Disease-Specific Genes in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques (pp. 83-98)
      Tyson, Kerry; Shanahan, Catherine
    9. The Use of Differential mRNA Display (DDRT-PCR) to Identify Genes Differentially Expressed in Normal and Diseased Vascular Cells (pp. 99-110)
      Adam, Paul J.
    10. Identification of Novel Protein Kinases in Vascular Cells (pp. 111-130)
      Zachary, Ian; Servos, Spiros; Herren, Barbara
    11. Primer Extension Analysis to Map Transcription Start Sites of Vascular Genes (pp. 133-142)
      Kitami, Yutaka; Hiwada, Kunio
    12. Use of Liposome-Mediated DNA Transfection to Determine Promoter Activity in Smooth Muscle Cells (pp. 143-150)
      Fabunmi, Rosalind P.
    13. Nuclear Run-On Assay to Study Gene Transcription in Vascular Cells (pp. 151-158)
      Laufs, Ulrich; Liao, James K.
    14. Electromobility Shift Analysis (EMSA) Applied to the Study of NF-kappa B Binding Interactions in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (pp. 159-168)
      Bourcier, Todd
    15. Measurement of Gene Expression in the Vascular Wall by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Analysis (pp. 171-180)
      Fruebis, Joachim
    16. Northern Blot Analysis to Quantify Gene Expression in Vascular Diseases (pp. 181-188)
      Chen, Mingyi; Sawamura, Tatsuya
    17. Localization of Gene Expression in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions by In Situ Hybridization (pp. 189-200)
      Buttery, Lee D. K.; Polak, Julia M.
    18. RNase Protection Assays for Quantitation of Gene Expression in Vascular Tissue (pp. 201-220)
      Yang, Nengyu; Wang, Shuli; Faber, James E.
    19. Detection of Apoptosis in Atherosclerosis and Restenosis by Terminal dUTP Nick-End Labeling (TUNEL) (pp. 223-230)
      Kockx, Mark; Muhring, Johannes; Knaapen, Michiel
    20. In Vitro Detection of Apoptosis in Isolated Vascular Cells (pp. 231-246)
      Chan, Shiu-Wan; Bennett, Martin R.
    21. Molecular Assessment of the Phenotypic Changes Associated with Smooth Muscle Cells Using Two-Dimension Electrophoresis and Microsequence Analysis (pp. 247-268)
      Johnatty, Rachel; Gabbiani, Giulio; Neuville, Pascal
    22. Simple Methods for Preparing Recombinant Adenoviruses for High-Efficiency Transduction of Vascular Cells (pp. 271-284)
      Nicklin, Stuart A.; Baker, Andrew H.
    23. Generation of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses for Delivery of Genes into Vascular Cells (pp. 285-294)
      Lynch, Carmel M.
    24. Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan Liposome-Mediated Gene Delivery to Vascular Cells (pp. 295-306)
      Yonemitsu, Yoshikazu; Kaneda, Yasufumi
    25. High-Efficiency and Low-Toxicity Adenovirus- Assisted Endothelial Transfection (pp. 307-314)
      Takahashi, Takamune; Takahashi, Keiko; Daniel, Thomas O.
    26. Gene Transfer in Vascular Cells Using an Engineered Na-H Exchanger (NHE1) as a Selectable Marker (pp. 315-322)
      Pouyssegur, Jacques; Roux, Daniele
    27. Use of Retroviruses to Express Exogenous Genes in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (pp. 323-342)
      Littlewood, Trevor D.; Pelengaris, Stella A.
    28. Embryonal Stem (ES) Cell-Derived Macrophages: A Cellular System that Facilitates the Genetic Dissection of Macrophage Function (pp. 343-356)
      Moore, Kathryn J.; Freeman, Mason W.
    29. Delivery of Recombinant Adenoviruses to Human Saphenous Vein (pp. 357-364)
      George, Sarah J.; Baker, Andrew H.
    30. An In Vivo Angiogenesis Assay to Study Positive and Negative Regulators of Neovascularization (pp. 367-384)
      Capogrossi, Maurizio C.; Passaniti, Antonino
    31. Efficient Liposome-Mediated Gene Transfer to Rabbit Carotid Arteries In Vivo (pp. 385-394)
      Keogh, Michael-Christopher; Chen, Daxin
    32. Gene Deliver y to Rabbit Arteries Using the Collar Model (pp. 395-400)
      Hiltunen, Mikko O.; Turunen, Mikko P.; Yla-Herttuala, Seppo
    33. Delivery of Antisense Oligonucleotides to the Vascular Wall (pp. 401-416)
      Holt, Cathy M.; Gunn, Julian; Lambert, Darren; Cumberland, David C.; Crossman, David C.
    34. Local Gene Delivery of Recombinant Adenoviruses to the Rat Carotid Artery In Vivo (pp. 417-436)
      Dollery, Clare M.; McEwan, Jean R.

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