Adhesion Molecules: Function and Inhibition

Inflammatory cell recruitment requires the concerted action of at least five major sets of adhesion molecules: integrins, immunoglobulin-like molecules, selectins, carbohydrate structures serving as selectin ligands, and certain ectoenzymes. This volume g

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Series Editor Prof. Michael J. Parnham PhD Senior Scientific Advisor GSK Research Centre Zagreb Ltd. Prilaz baruna Filipovic´a 29 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia Advisory Board G. Z. Feuerstein (Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA, USA) M. Pairet (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Biberach a. d. Riss, Germany) W. van Eden (Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Forthcoming titles: The Resolution of Inflammation, A.G. Rossi, D.A. Sawatzky (Editors), 2007 The Immune Synapse as a Novel Target for Therapy, L. Graca (Editor), 2007 Angiogenesis in Inflammation: Mechanisms and Clinical Correlates, M.P. Seed, D.A. Walsh (Editors), 2008 New Therapeutic Targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis, P.-P. Tak (Editor), 2008 Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy (DCM) – Pathogenesis and Therapy, H.-P. Schultheiß, M. Noutsias (Editors), 2008 Matrix Metalloproteinases in Tissue Remodelling and Inflammation, V. Lagente, E. Boichot (Editors), 2008 (Already published titles see last page.)

Adhesion Molecules: Function and Inhibition

Klaus Ley Editor

Birkhäuser Basel · Boston · Berlin

Editor Klaus Ley La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology 9420 Athena Circle La Jolla, CA 92037 USA (valid from November 2007)

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Contents

List of contributors Preface

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Capture and rolling Rodger P. McEver P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .