Book Description:
This new book examines the latest research developments in the field of basophil granulocytes, sometimes referred to as basophils, which are the least common of the granulocytes, representing about 0.01% to 0.3% of circulating white blood cells. The name comes from the fact that these leucocytes are basophilic, i.e., they are susceptible to staining by base dyes, as shown in the picture. Basophils contain large cytoplasmic granules which obscure the cell nucleus under the microscope. However, when unstained, the nucleus is visible and it usually has 2 lobes. The mast cell, a cell in tissues, has many similar characteristics.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Negative Regulation of Fc&RI-Mediated Basophil Activation by the CBL Family of Adaptor Proteins;pp. 1-23
(Rosa Molfetta, Francesca Gasparrini, Angela Santoni, Rossella Paolini, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)

Basophils, Mast Cells and Liver Cancer;pp. 25-41
(Fabio Grizzi, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy)

Basophilic Granulocytes: A REVIEW OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND ROLES;pp. 43-60
(Toshihisa Tsuruta, Kenzaburo Tani, Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center, Japan, and others)

Flavonoids: Natural Inhibitors of Basophil Activation;pp. 61-72
(Toshio Tanaka, Toru Hirano, Mari Kawai, Junsuke Arimitsu, Keisuke Hagihara, Masako Ogawa, Yusuke Kuwahara, Yoshihito Shima, Masashi Narazaki, Atsushi Ogata and Ichiro Kawase, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan)

Basophil in Tropical Infections;pp. 73-78
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand)

Research on Basophil in Thailand;pp. 79-83
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand)

Basophil Granulocytes: Small in Numbers, Mighty in Immune Regulation;pp. 85-94
(Nicolas Charles, Juan Rivera, Laboratory of Immune Cell Signaling, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland)*

C-Reactive Protein: FCR Receptor-Mediated Effects on Human Peripheral Blood Basophils in Vitro;pp. 95-121
(Peter G. Nazarov, Anastasia P. Pronina, Andrey S. Trulioff, Laboratory of General Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia, and others)*

Index