Course Description
Other Course
BIOL 5134 3.0
Vascular Biology in Health and Disease
(Cross-listed with KAHS 6301 3.0)
Host Program: Kinesiology
Understanding the cellular composition and function of the vascular system provides the basis in this course for discussing the processes of angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation and ischemia-reperfusion injury with an emphasis on current advances in pharmacological and genetic therapies.
Blood vessel structure and function is dynamic rather than static, allowing the vascular system to respond adaptively to stimuli and to injury. Furthermore, the response of each of the multiple cell types comprising blood vessels will determine overall vascular function. These responses will be taken into account as we discuss in this course the stimuli, signalling pathways and resultant cellular behaviour of the vascular system in various physiological and disease states. How do growing tumours stimulate new blood vessel growth? How can new blood vessel formation be stimulated in damaged cardiac muscle? What initiates the formation of atherosclerotic plaques? What roles do blood vessels play during inflammatory responses? Why are blood vessels dysfunctional following organ transplant? These topics will be discussed by focusing on current understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying these events and investigating some of the associated novel therapeutic strategies.
Instructor:
Dr. Tara Haas
341 Farquharson
Tel: 736-2100 ext. 77313
e-mail:thaas@yorku.ca
Evaluation:
Midterm Written Exam 25%
Journal Article Presentation 20%
Written Grant Proposal 30%
Final Written Exam 25%
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