Joan Marsh & Jamie A. Goode 
Cell Adhesion and Human Disease [PDF ebook] 

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.

Tabella dei contenuti

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, et
al.).

Adhesion Molecules in Cutaneous Inflammation (J. Barker).

Defective Cell-Cell Adhesion in the Epidermis (J. Stanley).

E-Cadherin as an Invasion Suppressor (W. Birchmeier, et
al.).

The Role of CD44 Splice Variants in Human Metastatic Cancer (J.
Sleeman, et al.).

Early Metastasis of Human Solid Tumours: Expression of Cell
Adhesion Molecules (K. Pantel, el al.).

Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases with a Monoclonal Antibody to
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (R. Rothlein & J.
Jaeger).

Indexes.

Circa l’autore

Joan Marsh is the editor of Cell Adhesion and Human Disease, published by Wiley.

Jamie Goode is a British author with a Ph D in plant biology, and a wine columnist of The Sunday Express. Goode also contributes to wine publications such as Harpers, The World of Fine Wine, Decanter, Grapes TALK and Sommelier Journal.