Adhesion Molecules in Health and Disease

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CRC Press, May 16, 1997 - Science - 776 pages
Provides an overview of the structure, transcription regulation and binding characteristics of cellular adhesion molecules and their ligands in the maintenance of function, immunological reactions and inflammatory processes with organ systems. The text examines the role of adhesion molecules in biological processes such as morphogenesis, blood coagulation, tumour metastasis, bone tissue remodelling and transplant rejection.
 

Contents

Strategies to Inhibit Cellular Adhesion Molecules
55
Measurement of Soluble Adhesion Molecules
87
Circulating Adhesion Receptors in Health
123
Adhesion Molecules as Signal Transduction
155
Adhesion Molecules as Mechanoreceptors
181
Morphogenesis of Epithelial Cells
205
Adhesion Molecules in Immunoregulation
223
Regulation of Endothelial Selections
237
Adhesion Molecules in Bone Remodeling
427
Adhesion Molecules in Tumor Growth and Metastasis
445
Adhesion Molecules in Reperfusion Injury
483
Cellular Adhesion Molecules in Neurology
503
Adhesion Molecules in Inflammatory Lung Injury
523
Role of Adhesion Molecules in Intestinal
539
Adhesion Molecules in Rheumatoid Arthritis
561
Adhesion Molecules in the Immunopathogenesis
589

Role of Chemoattractants in Neutrophil Recruitment
257
Adhesion Molecules in LymphocyteMediated
289
Structure and Function
313
Use of Host Adhesion Molecules by Infectious Agents
347
Modulation of Leukocyte Trafficking in Infectious
381
Adhesion Molecules in Atherosclerosis
401
Adhesion Molecules in Renal Diseases
619
Adhesion Molecules and Artificial Membranes
643
Cellular and Extracellular Matrix Adhesion
679
Adhesion Molecules in Defense of the Peritoneum
709
Index
735
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