VASCULAR ADHESION MOLECULES AND INFLAMMATION

by Pearson, Jeremy D.

• ISBN13: 9783764358006
• ISBN10: 3764358009
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

King's College of London, UK. Provides an overview of the roles of vascular adhesion molecules in health and disease. Includes chapters on their cell biology and their importance in specific disease processes. For researchers and clinicians.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
How early studies of inflammation led to our current views on the roles of vascular adhesion molecules	1	(10)
Jeremy D. Pearson
Adhesion of leukocytes from flow: The selectins and their ligands	11	(28)
Klaus Ley
Co-operative signaling between leukocytes and endothelium mediating firm attachment	39	(26)
C. Wayne Smith
Alan R. Burns
Scott I. Simon
Production and presentation of chemokines by endothelial cells	65	(16)
Martha B. Furie
Platelet-activating factor: A signaling molecule for leukocyte adhesion	81	(28)
Diane E. Lorant
Thomas M. Mclntyre
Stephen M. Prescott
Guy A. Zimmerman
Tight junctions and adherens junctions in endothelial cells: structure and regulation	109	(16)
James M. Staddon
Tetsuaki Hirase
The role of PECAM in leukocyte emigration	125	(16)
William A. Muller
Selective lymphocyte migration into secondary lymphoid organs and inflamed tissues	141	(20)
Mark A. Jutila
Oxidation-reduction sensitive regulation of vascular inflammatory gene expression	161	(18)
Xi-Lin Chen
Russell M. Medford
Quantification and imaging of vascular adhesion molecule expression in inflammatory diseases in vivo	179	(18)
Tanya Y. Huehns
Dorian O. Haskard
Leukocyte adhesion and activation in xenografts	197	(24)
Simon C. Robson
David Goodman
Control of leukocyte adhesion and activation in ischemia-reperfusion injury	221	(18)
Tak Yee Aw
D. Neil Granger
Control of leukocyte adhesion and activation in atherogenesis	239	(18)
Judith A. Berliner
Devendra K. Vora
Peggy T. Shih
Index	257