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Biochemistry of macrophages / editors, David Evered, Jonathan Nugent, Maeve O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Biochemistry of Macrophages (1985 : Ciba Foundation)
- Series:
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 118.
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 118
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Macrophages--Congresses.
- Macrophages.
- Immunology--Congresses.
- Immunology.
- Biochemistry--Congresses.
- Biochemistry.
- Physical Description:
- Online Resource (ix, 256 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pitman ; Newark, N.J. : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Division), 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Biochemistry of macrophages
- Contents
- The first line of defence: chairman's introduction
- Specificity of action of colony-stimulating factors in the differentiation of granulocytes and macrophages
- Discussion
- Action of the colony-stimulating factor, CSF-1
- Actin filament architecture and movements in macrophage cytoplasm
- Localization and function of tissue macrophages
- Macrophage antigens and the effect of a macrophage activating factor, interferon-g
- General discussion I
- Heterogeneity of human and murine Fcg receptors
- The importance of the Mac-1, LFA-1 glycoprotein family in monocyte and granulocyte adherence, chemotaxis, and migration into inflammatory sites: insights from an experiment of nature
- Interaction and regulation of macrophage receptors
- General discussion 2 Chemotaxis
- Regulation of complement protein biosynthesis in mononuclear phagocytes
- The cell and molecular biology of apolipo- protein E synthesis by macrophages
- Respiratory response of phagocytes: terminal NADPH oxidase and the mechanisms of its activation
- Bacterial lipopolysaccharides modify signal transduction in the arachidonic acid cascade in macrophages
- Secretion of toxic oxygen products by macrophages: regulatory cytokines and their effects on the oxidase
- Final general discussion
- Effects of free radicals
- Effects of interferon-g on macrophages
- Chairman's closing remarks
- Index of contributors
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- "Editors : David Evered, Jonathan Nugent (organizers) and Maeve O'Connor"--P. v.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613694638
- 9780470720998
- 0470720999
- 9781280784248
- 1280784245
- 9780470718698
- 0470718692
- OCLC:
- 264615238
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