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Tables of Contents for The Adhesive Interaction of Cells
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
vii
Preface
xi
David R. Garrod
PART I. ADHESION MOLECULES AND THEIR LIGANDS
The Molecular Anatomy of Integrins
3
24
Linda J. Green
Martin J. Humphries
The Cadherin Superfamily
27
38
Jorg Stappert
Rolf Kemler
The Selectins and Their Ligands: Adhesion Molecules of the Vasculature
65
48
Thomas F. Tedder
Xuan Li
Douglas A. Steeber
The Immunoglobulin Superfamily
113
22
David L. Simmons
PART II. ORGANIZATION OF ADHESION COMPLEXES
Focal Adhesions and Adherens Junctions: Their Role in Tumorigenesis
135
30
Avri Ben-Ze'ev
Desmosomal Adhesion
165
38
David R. Garrod
Chris Tselepis
Sarah K. Runswick
Alison J. North
Sarah R. Wallis
Martyn A. J. Chidgey
The Molecular Basis for the Structure, Function, and Regulation of Tight Junctions
203
34
Sandra Citi
Michelangelo Cordenonsi
PART III. SIGNALING BY ADHESION MOLECULES
Activation of Integrin Signaling Pathways By Cell Interactions with Extracellular Matrix
237
32
Gwynneth M. Edwards
Charles H. Streuli
Signaling and Platelet Adhesion
269
34
Xiaoping Du
Mark H. Ginsberg
Signaling By Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Nervous System
303
20
John J. Hemperly
PART IV. ADHESIVE PROCESSES
Vascular Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and the Control of Leukocyte Traffic in Cutaneous Inflammation
323
22
Dorian O. Haskard
Justin C. Mason
Julie McHale
The Role of Adhesion in Metastasis: Potential Mechanisms and Modulation of Integrin Activity
345
22
John F. Marshall
lan R. Hart
Integrin Adhesion in Cell Migration
367
22
Sean P. Palecek
Elisabeth A. Cox
Anna Huttenlocher
Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Alan F. Horwitz
Adhesion Receptors: Critical Effectors of Trophoblast Differentiation During Implantation and Placentation
389
20
Caroline H. Damsky
Yan Zhou
Olga Genbacev
Jay Cross
Susan J. Fisher
Index
409