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Table of Contents:
Preface
Short Communications
Communication A
Increased Cardiovascular Mast Cell Numbers Following Hyperoxia;pp.1-8
(Thomas G. Brock,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Camillo Di Giulio,University of Chieti,Italy)
Communication B
Interstitial Infiltration of Mast Cells in Patients with IgA Nephropathy;pp.9-12
(Yasuhiko Tomino,Atsushi Kuruso,Tomoko Sakamoto-Ihara et al.,Juntendo University School of Medicine,Tokyo,Japan)
Novel Insight into the Role of Mast Cells in Cardiac Disease;pp.13-40
(Marjan Boerma, Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gregory L. Brower, Univ. of South Carolina School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy, Richard H. Kennedy, Loyola Univ. Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, et al.)
Functional Role of Mast Cells in the Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular Diseases;pp. 41-76
(Scott P. Levick, Gregory L. Brower, and Joseph S. Janicki; School of Medicine, Univ. of South Carolina, Marjan Boerma and Martin Hauer-Jensen, Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Mast Cells in Endometriosis: Pathological Mechanism and New Therapy;pp. 77-92
(Masao Sugamata and Tomomi Ihara, Department of Pathology, Tochigi Institute of Clinical Pathology, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan)
Mast Cells-Derived Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in the Pathogenesis of Asthma;pp. 93-114
(Zhongcai Ma, Dave Paek, and Chad K. Oh, Harbor-UCLA Medical Division of Allergy and Immunology, Torrance, CA)
Mast Cells in Innate Immunity: Role of Toll-Like Receptors;pp. 115-131
(Asifa K. Zaidi; School of Medicine, John Hopkins Univ.)
Human Mast Cell Heterogeneity in Vivo and in Vitro Derived Cells;pp. 133-156
(Bettina M. Jensen and Per S. Skov; The Reference Laboratory, National Univ. Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Mast Cells and Tumor Angiogenesis;pp. 157-179
(Enrico Crivellato, Univ. of Udine Medical School, Beatrice Nico and Domenico Ribatti, Univ. of Bari Medical School)
Mechanism of Mast Cell Exocytosis;pp. 181-202
(Simon Frank and Axel Lorentz; Institute of Nutritional Medicine, Univ. of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)
The Role of Mast Cells in Peritoneal Defense and Postoperative Adhesion Formation;pp. 203-214
(Ronan A. Cahill and H. Paul Redmond, Cork Univ. Hospital and N.U.I. Cork)
CADM1: A New Mast-Cell Adhesion Molecule that Mediates Interaction with Fibroblasts, Nerves, and Smooth Muscles;pp. 215-230
(Akihiko Ito and Man Hagiyama; Institute of Medical Science, Univ. of Tokyo)
What can be Learned from Discrepant Results in Mast Cell Research?;pp. 231-241
(Zhi-Qing Hu, Wei-Hua Zhao, and Tadakatsu Shimamura; School of Medicine, Showa Univ. School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
Uterine Mast Cells and their Role in Control of Allergy-Induced Premature Labor;pp. 243-261
(Egle Bytautiene and Robert E. Garfield, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Roberto Romero, Perinatology Research Branch, Detroit, Michigan and Bethesda, Maryland)
Regulation of Mast Cell Survival and Apoptosis in Health and Disease;pp. 263-280
(Christine Moller Westerberg and Gunnar Nilsson, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
Mast Cell Degranulation - Undesired Effect in a Discovery and Development of New Drugs;pp. 281-290
(Luka Peternel, Drug Discovery, Lek Pharmaceuticals, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Index pp.291-318 |
