Endothelium
hideThe endothelium is the thin layer of cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. Endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, from the heart to the smallest capillary. These cells reduce turbulence of the flow of blood allowing the fluid to be pumped farther.
Endothelial tissue is a specialized type of epithelium tissue (one of the four types of biological tissue in animals). More specifically, it is simple squamous epithelium.
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News tagged with endothelial cells
Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria
Nov 23, 2009 |
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When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...
Stem cell therapy may offer hope for acute lung injury
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.
Promising novel treatment for human cancer -- Chrysanthemum indicum extract
Oct 16, 2009 |
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A series of studies have demonstrated that Chrysanthemum indicum possesses antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, and neuroprotective effects. Recently, much attention has been devoted to the anticancer activi ...
A breath of fresh air could improve drug toxicity screening
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed an innovative way to culture liver cells for drug toxicity screening. In a report to be published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...
Get the world on its feet: The role of exercise training
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Western societies are struggling to pay for their ever increasing medical budgets. In the US up to 393 billion US-$ were spent in 2005 for cardiovascular diseases alone. Based on epidemiologic studies in primary prevention ...
Golden Nanotubes Used for Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Node
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular ...
Circulating blood cells are important predictors of cancer spread in children
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Endothelial progenitor cells may play a role in the start and progression of metastatic disease in children with cancer, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Ca ...
Stopping harmful oral bacteria in its path
Jul 14, 2009 |
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The best way to keep bacteria from doing any damage is to stop them in their tracks before they can start down their pathological road to destruction.
Blood vessel bends and branches put the brakes on statins
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New British Heart Foundation (BHF) research revealed today suggests for the first time that the way blood flows through our arteries may boost an antioxidant effect of statin medicines. The discovery at Imperial ...
White blood cells move like millipedes, scientists show
May 04, 2009 |
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How do white blood cells - immune system 'soldiers' - get to the site of infection or injury? To do so, they must crawl swiftly along the lining of the blood vessel - gripping it tightly to avoid being swept away in the blood ...
Scientists determine workings of potentially useful virus
May 01, 2009 |
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In a study published in May 2009 issue of PLoS Pathogens, Manchester and her colleagues show that CPMV interacts with the mammalian protein vimentin — an interaction that scientists can now explore with the idea of using ...
New method for magnetic manipulation of cells
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic technology could help address a major problem that bioengineers face as they try to create new tissue: getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth ...
New findings highlight the role of endothelial cell activation in children with cerebral malaria
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a novel pathway that may contribute to the high mortality associated with severe malaria in sub-Saharan African children. The study, published March 20 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, report ...
Transparent zebrafish a must-see model for atherosclerosis
Mar 05, 2009 |
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We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart ...
Deciphering the body's healing secrets
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Healthy blood vessels play a key role in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and are critical to the regulation of blood vessel growth ...
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