Neutrophils are key components of the innate immune system that play important roles
during infection, injury, and chronic disease. In recent years, neutrophil heterogeneity has …

Much information has been obtained regarding how white cells are recruited in the
microcirculation to sites of inflammation. In this review we summarize the leukocyte …

Rhabdomyolysis is a serious syndrome caused by skeletal muscle injury and the
subsequent release of breakdown products from damaged muscle cells into systemic …

The recruitment of memory T cells from blood into tissues is a central element of immune
surveillance and adaptive immune responses and a key feature of chronic cutaneous …

Animal Lectins: Form, Function and Clinical Applications presents up-to-date knowledge of
animal lectins. Detailed descriptions on biological activities, tissue and/or subcellular …

Although well recognized that expression of E-selectin on marrow microvessels mediates
osteotropism of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), our knowledge regarding the …

Abstract Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) have been considered important in leukocyte
motility. PI3Kγ, the class IB PI3K, expressed prominently in leukocytes and also in …

Background Systemic allergic reaction is characterized by vasodilation and vascular
leakage, which causes a rapid, precipitous and sustained decrease in arterial blood …

Leishmania spp. are obligate intracellular parasites that must be internalized by phagocytic
cells to evade immune responses and cause disease. The uptake of both Leishmania …

Selectins are carbohydrate-binding molecules involved in constitutive lymphocyte homing
and chronic and acute inflammation processes. Th1 lymphocytes participate in cell …