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Leucocyte Adhesion

  • 1st Edition, Volume 64 - November 9, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Klaus Ley
  • Language: English

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… Read more

Description

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.

Key features

  • Contributions from leading experts in the field
  • Reviews the latest developments

Readership

Researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and immunology

Table of contents

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)

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 64
  • Published: November 16, 2009
  • Language: English

About the editor

KL

Klaus Ley

Affiliations and expertise
University of Virginia Health System, Cardiovascular Research Center, Charlottesville, USA

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