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In the early 1970s the endothelium was considered to be just an inert layer covering the inner side of the vasculature. Since then, major discoveries have demonstrated that it is a highly metabolic organ involved in the homeostasis of the vessel wall; indeed, alterations in its behaviour are some of the initial disturbances leading to vessel wall pathology in conditions such as hypertension, atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
The significance of these discoveries for our understanding of normal and abnormal vessel wall behaviour and for the indication of future directions in research and vascular biology will be discussed.
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The Croonian Lecture is the most prestigious lecture of The Royal Society and for the first time the lecture is being held in Scotland. Professor Moncada, FRS, is the Director for the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and a member of the National Academy USA. His significant contributions to his field include involvement in the finding that aspirin-like drugs inhibit prostaglandin biosysnthesis, the discovery of thromboxane synthase and prostacyclin, and the identification of endothelium-derived relaxing factor as nitric oxide and its generation via the L-arginine:nitric oxide pathway. As such Professor Moncada is the most cited scientist in the UK and one of the top five most cited scientists worldwide.
For Further detail please contact Professor F Y Liew (), Tel ), Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK.
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