Description

Over the past decades, the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases have significantly benefited from intensive research activities. Vascular Biology Protocols offers a comprehensive manual to this broad field. It accomplishes this by covering a wide spectrum of in vivo and in vitro techniques encompassing biochemical, pharmacological and molecular biology disciplines, which are currently used to assess vascular disease progression. Each chapter focuses on a specific vascular biology technique and describes various applications as well as caveats of these techniques. The protocols included here are described in detail, allowing beginners with little experience in the field of vascular biology to embark on new research projects.