Leucocyte Adhesion, Volume 64
1st Edition
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)
Description
Current Topics in Membranes 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
Readership
Researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and immunology
Details
- No. of pages:
- 300
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2009
- Published:
- 16th November 2009
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080956985
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780123749093
Ratings and Reviews
About the Editors
Klaus Ley Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Virginia Health System, Cardiovascular Research Center, Charlottesville, USA