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Product Description Since the mid 1980s this field has been rapidly expanded by the molecular identification of a series of surface molecules dedicated to adhesive interactions between endothelial cells and leukocytes. It is now clear that the expression or activity of most of these molecules is tightly and selectively controlled, and that they are vital for the physiological processes of leukocyte trafficking and also critically involved in the enhanced leukocyte emigration that is a key feature of all inflammatory and immune diseases. This in turn has led to a new phase in inflammation research, designed to produce novel therapeutic tools that can control the expression or action of these adhesion molecules. The book will provide an overview of the roles of vascular adhesion molecules in health and disease, with chapters on their cell biology, followed by chapters reviewing their importance in specific disease processes.
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Vascular adhesion molecules and inflammation - worthy to hav If you are a scientist and your work is connected to either vascular biology or inflammation you will have pleasure reading this book. The first chapter brings you a wonderful "historical" background in vascular-inflammtory studies. Other chapters are very informative reviews of biology of selectins and other adhesive proteins, interaction of blood cells with endothelium and even analysis of inflammatory responses in a xenotransplantation model. Yes, read it! May 02, 2000