Leucocyte Adhesion

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-12-374909-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Leucocyte Adhesion provides a systematic, comprehensive, and rigorous approach to specific topics relevant to the study of cellular membranes. This volume provides a review of the latest developments in leukocyte adhesion. Regulation of cell adhesion is important for immune system function.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and immunology</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ley, Klaus

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Membrane composition and properties
Lipid rafts (open)
Membrane tethers
(R Waugh, Rochester)
Microvilli
(JY Shao, Wash U)
Whole cell deformation
(D Khismatullin, Tulane)

2. Adhesion molecules
Integrin activation
(M. Shimaoka, Harvard)
Cytoskeletal anchoring
(Fred Pavalko, Iowa)
No tile yet
(Alon, Weizman)
Catch bonds
(Cheng Zhu, Georgia Tech and Roger McEver, OMRF)
Modeling adhesion
(Pospieszalska/Ley, LIAI)
Factors limiting the onset of bond formation at cell interfaces
(R Waugh, Rochester)

3. Active role of endothelial cells
Adhesive platforms
(O. Barreiro, Madrid)
Migratory cups, podosomes
(Chris Carman, Beth Israel)
PECAM recycling
(WA Muller, Northwestern)

4. Methods
1. FRET
(Minsoo Kim, Rochester)
2. Flow chambers
(Simon SI at UC Davis)