Helena Lenasi

University of Ljubljana Slovenia

Helena Lenasi is an associate professor of physiology employed at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She obtained her MD title in 1996 and her Ph.D. in 2003, both at the University of Ljubljana. Her working activities mainly include teaching and education. She gives lectures in physiology for pre- and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana. Her main research interests are cardiovascular and exercise physiology with a focus on human microcirculation in health and disease. She is a member of the Slovenian Physiological Society as part of the Federation of European Physiological Societies, the Medical Chamber of Slovenia, and the European Society for Microcirculation. She is an editor of the Slovenian Medical Journal, Southeastern European Medical Journal, Clinical hemorheology, and Microcirculation, she's been an invited editor in the journals Biology, Frontiers of Physiology, and Life, and has served as a reviewer and author of scientific papers and textbook chapters.

Helena Lenasi

2books edited

3chapters authored

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The endothelium enables communication between blood and tissues and is actively involved in cardiovascular homeostasis. Endothelial dysfunction has been recognized as an early step in the development of cardiovascular diseases: respectively, endothelium represents a potential therapeutic niche with multiple targets. The purpose of the book is to point out some recent findings of endothelial physiology and pathophysiology emphasizing various aspects of endothelial dysfunction connected to the body's internal and external environment. While basic features of the endothelium are presented in an introductory chapter, the authors of the following 17 chapters have provided extensive insight into some selected topics of endothelial (dys)function. The book would hopefully be useful for anyone interested in recapitulating endothelial (patho)physiology and expanding knowledge of molecular mechanisms involved in endothelial dysfunction, relevant also for further clinical investigations.

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