Vascular Biology Protocols

Rat Carotid Artery Balloon Injury Model.- Histological and Morphometric Analyses for Rat Carotid Balloon Injury Model.- Plaque Rupture Model in Mice.- Immunostaining of Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions.- Surgical Animal Model of Ventricular Hypertrophy.- Animal Models of Hypertension.- Rat Models of Cardiac Insulin Resistance.- The Isolated, Perfused Pseudo-Working Heart Model.- Altering and Analyzing Glucose Metabolism in Perfused Hearts of Transgenic Mice.- Methods in the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Activation and Oxidative Stress.- Detection and Quantification of Apoptosis in the Vasculature.- Endothelial Progenitor Cell and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Isolation, Characterization, Viral Transduction.- Assessment of Endothelial Damage/Dysfunction: A Focus on Circulating Endothelial Cells.- Evaluation of Endothelial Function by In Vivo Microscopy.- Haptotaxis of Endothelial Cell Migration Under Flow.- Isolation, Culture, and Functional Analysis of Adult Mouse Cardiomyocytes.- Mechanical Measurement of Contractile Function of Isolated Ventricular Myocytes.- Studying Ischemia and Reperfusion in Isolated Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes Using Coverslip Hypoxia.- Isolation and Functional Studies of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells.- Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide in Vascular Cells and Tissues.- Assessment of Protein Glycoxidation in Ventricular Tissues.- Assessment of PI-3 Kinase and Akt in Ischemic Heart Diseases in Diabetes.- Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis in Platelet Proteomics Research.- Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart and Vasculature.