Cellular adhesion : molecular definition to therapeutic potential
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Cellular adhesion : molecular definition to therapeutic potential
(New horizons in therapeutics)
Plenum Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume focuses on recent developments in our understanding of selected adhesion processes that may offer new approaches to developing therapeutics for a variety ofdiseases. The volume first introduces the molecules involved in key adhesive processes, then describes the biological consequences of several adhe- sive interactions, and closes with a description of the initial therapeutic ap- proaches to antagonizing. adhesion. These papers were originally presented at the SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Seventh U. S. Research Symposium held in Philadelphia in October of 1992. ofacell to asurface. In its simplestsense, cellularadhesion is the adherence The cells of interest in the context of this volume are bacterial and mammalian, with an emphasis on leukocytes; surfaces can be other cells and tissues (such as bone), matrix proteins, or inanimate objects such as in-dwelling medical devices and catheters. Interaction between adhesion molecules usually results in a spe- cific biological response. Adhesion is a form ofcellularcommunication, and represents the way a cell senses its environment through contact.
Like hormones and cytokines, the sol- uble mediators used by cells for communication, adhesion molecules are defined molecular entities that recognize specific receptor structures on the surface to which they adhere. Recent activity has focused on defining the structure of the individual molecules responsible for many types ofcellularadhesion. New adhe- sion proteins are being cloned with the help of specific antibodies and precise functional assays.
Table of Contents
- Molecular Definition-Adhesion Molecule Structure and Function: Integrin Modulating Factor and the Regulation of Leukocyte Integrins
- S.E. Wright. Structure-Function Aspects of Selectin-Carbohydrate Interactions
- L.A. Lasky, et al. Recognition of Cell Surface Carbohydrates by C-Type Animal Lectins
- W.I. Weiss. Biological Consequences of Cellular Adhesion: Effects of Shear Stress on Leukocyte Adhesion
- O. Abbassi, et al. Blockade of Leukocyte Adhesion in In vivo Models of Inflamation
- L. Flaherty, et al. Lung Inflamation and Adhesion Molecules
- M.S. Mulligan, P.A. Ward. Targeting Adhesion Molecules-Therapeutic Potential: The Pathological Consequences of Bacterial Adhesion to Medical Devices
- J.W. Costerton. Peptide Mimetics as Adhesion Molecule Antagonists
- J. Samanen, et al. 8 additional articles. Index.
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