Membrane Receptors, Channels and Transporters in Pulmonary Circulation

• Ion Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature: Basics and New Findings.- The Role of Ion Channels in Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction.- Two-Pore Domain K+ Channels and Their Role in Chemoreception.- Intricate Interaction Between Store-Operated Calcium Entry and Calcium-Activated Chloride Channels in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells.- The Role of Intracellular Ion Channels in Regulating Cytoplasmic Calcium in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle: Which Store and Where?.- Ca2+ Oscillations Regulate Contraction Of Intrapulmonary Smooth Muscle Cells.- TRP Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature: Basics and New Findings.- to TRP Channels: Structure, Function, and Regulation.- Physiological Functions of Transient Receptor Potential Channels in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells.- The Contribution of TRPC1 and STIM1 to Capacitative Ca2+ Entry in Pulmonary Artery.- Store-Operated Calcium Entry Channels in Pulmonary Endothelium: The Emerging Story of TRPCS and Orai1.- TRPM2 Channel Regulates Endothelial Barrier Function.- Pathogenic Role of Ion Channels in Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- A Proposed Mitochondrial–Metabolic Mechanism for Initiation and Maintenance of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Fawn-Hooded Rats: The Warburg Model of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- The Role of Classical Transient Receptor Potential Channels in the Regulation of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction.- Developmental Regulation of Oxygen Sensing and Ion Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature.- Hypoxic Regulation of Ion Channels and Transporters in Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle.- CLC-3 Chloride Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature.- Receptors and Signaling Cascades in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Role of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors in the Development of Pulmonary ArterialHypertension.- Cross Talk Between Smad, MAPK, and Actin in the Etiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Notch Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension.- Rho Kinase-Mediated Vasoconstriction in Pulmonary Hypertension.- The Serotonin Hypothesis of Pulmonary Hypertension Revisited.- Impaired Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Neonatal Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- Receptors and Transporters: Role in Cell Function and Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction.- Mitochondrial Regulation of Oxygen Sensing.- Reactive Oxygen Species and RhoA Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle: Role in Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension.- Polyamine Regulatory Pathways as Pharmacologic Targets in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- 5-HT Receptors and KV Channel Internalization.- Targeting Ion Channels and Membrane Receptors in Developing Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- KCNQ Potassium Channels: New Targets for Pulmonary Vasodilator Drugs?.- Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Rodent Pulmonary Hypertension.- PDGF Receptor and its Antagonists: Role in Treatment of PAH.- PPAR? and the Pathobiology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Targeting TASK-1 Channels as a Therapeutic Approach.- Pharmacological Targets for Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Vasodilation versus Anti-Remodelling.

From the reviews: "The editors provide a good summary of the conference in this publication of the proceedings. ... clearly intended for clinicians with a special interest in the field of pulmonary circulation. Researchers and basic physiologists will find the proceedings very useful for research technology and advancing their knowledge in the field. ... Clinicians caring for patients with pulmonary hypertension will find this book very useful ... . clinicians will find the book extremely helpful in understanding the pathophysiology of the disease they are treating." (K. P. Ravikrishnan, Doody's Review Service, May, 2010)