Blood cells and vessel walls : functional interactions : in honour of Dr. J. L. Gowans, FRS

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144657503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Excerpta Medica, , 1980
• ISBN: 1-280-78387-7; 9786613694263; 0-470-72054-9; 0-470-71822-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 71 (new ser.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GowansJ. L
• Disciplina: 591.1/1
• Soggetti: Blood cells; Vascular endothelium; Blood-vessels
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Blood Cells and Vessel Walls: functional interactions; Contents; Chairman's introduction; The haemopoietic microenvironment of bone marrow: an ultrastructural study of the interactions of blood cells, stroma and blood vessels; Discussion; Immunoelectron-microscopic characterization of lymphoid microenvironments in the lymph node and thymus; Discussion; Structural and functional differentiation of microvascular endothelium; Discussion; Haemodynamic and biochemical interactions in intravascular platelet aggregation; Discussion; Prostacyclin; Discussion; General Discussion I; Endothelial products; Ia antigens; Permeability of small vessels to cells; The function and pathways of lymphocyte recirculation; Discussion; Reassortment of cell populations within the lymphoid apparatus of the sheep; Discussion; Lymphocyte recirculation in the sheep fetus; Discussion; Lymphocyte traffic through lymph nodes during cell shutdown; Discussion; Effect of skin painting with oxazolone on the local extravasation of mononuclear cells in sheep; Discussion; Metabolic studies of high-walled endothelium of postcapillary venules in rat lymph nodes; Discussion; General Discussion II; Adherence of lymphocytes to the high endothelium of lymph nodes in vitro; Discussion; Cellular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of lymphocyte interactions with high-endothelial venules; Discussion; Macrophages and the differential migration of lymphocytes; Discussion; Polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotaxis: detection of the gradient and development of cell polarity; Discussion; Dynamic theory of leucocyte adhesion; Discussion; Final General Discussion 'Receptors' and adhesion; Summing up; Epilogue; Index to contributors; Subject index