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Leucocyte Adhesion
- 1st Edition, Volume 64 - November 9, 2009
- Editor: Klaus Ley
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 9 0 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 5 6 9 8 - 5
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
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Request a sales quoteLeucocyte 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.
- Contributions from leading experts in the field
- Reviews the latest developments
Researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and immunology
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)
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)
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 64
- Published: November 9, 2009
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123749093
- eBook ISBN: 9780080956985
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Klaus Ley
Affiliations and expertise
University of Virginia Health System, Cardiovascular Research Center, Charlottesville, USARead Leucocyte Adhesion on ScienceDirect