Beschreibung:
Experts in their respective fields present papers concerned with the range of human diseases caused by defective or abnormal functioning of cell adhesion molecules. Discusses new therapeutic approaches to these maladies.
Experts in their respective fields present papers concerned with the range of human diseases caused by defective or abnormal functioning of cell adhesion molecules. Discusses new therapeutic approaches to these maladies.
Partial table of contents:P-Selectin Knockout: A Mouse Model for Various Human Diseases(D. Wagner).Von Willebrand's Disease and the Mechanisms of Platelet Function(Z. Ruggeri).Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD) II (A. Etzioni, etal.).Adhesion Molecules in Cutaneous Inflammation (J. Barker).Defective Cell-Cell Adhesion in the Epidermis (J. Stanley).E-Cadherin as an Invasion Suppressor (W. Birchmeier, etal.).The Role of CD44 Splice Variants in Human Metastatic Cancer (J.Sleeman, et al.).Early Metastasis of Human Solid Tumours: Expression of CellAdhesion Molecules (K. Pantel, el al.).Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases with a Monoclonal Antibody toIntercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (R. Rothlein & J.Jaeger).Indexes.