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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Immunology 14 (1996), S. 155-177 
    ISSN: 0732-0582
    Source: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The specificity and efficiency of leukocyte binding to endothelial cells (ECs) depends on coordinated information transfer from the underlying tissue to endothelium and from there to the leukocyte. We address three distinct information-transfer points in this system: 1. How does the leukocyte read information from the EC? This process is best accounted for by the paradigm of a multi-step adhesion cascade optimized for rapid information readout; it consists of primary adhesion (rolling/tethering), triggering, and strong adhesion. Recent studies with T cells, monocytes, and eosinophils confirm the generality of the paradigm. The concept of primary adhesion has been expanded to involve not only the selectins, but also certain integrins; furthermore, it depends on receptor concentration on leukocyte microvilli. 2. What information from the underlying tissue does the EC transform into signals for the leukocytes? And what rules govern that process? We illustrate the principles with chemokines, believed to participate in the triggering step. The endothelium displays chemokines either (a) directly by "posting" them from other cells or (b) by integrating a variety of tissue and environmental signals and "relaying" that information by producing its own chemokines and surface adhesion molecules. The rules for this endothelial transduction include specificity coupled with redundancy, amplification, synergy, and coordinated induction of ensembles of molecules. Finally, 3. How does the relevant information reach the endothelium? Simple diffusion is sufficient to deliver signals from cells close to the vessel. However, longer range soluble mediator transport appears to be facilitated by fiber bundles, particularly those ensheathed by fibroblastic reticular cells in the lymph node.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] During spermatogenesis in the mammalian testis, stem cells (spermatogonia) differentiate into spermatocytes, which subsequently undergo two consecutive meiotic divisions to give rise to haploid spermatids. These cells are initially round but progressively elongate, condense their nuclei, ...
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  • 3
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 797 (1996), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Histochemistry and cell biology 112 (1999), S. 1-23 
    ISSN: 1432-119X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Attachment of leukocytes to the blood vessel wall initiates leukocyte extravasation. This enables leukocytes to migrate to and accumulate at sites of tissue injury or infection where they execute host-defense mechanisms. A series of vascular cell adhesion molecules on leukocytes and on endothelial cells mediate leukocyte attachment to the endothelium in a stepwise process. A large panel of about 40 known human chemokines is able to specifically activate certain leukocytes and attract them to migrate across the endothelial barrier and within tissue. The specific combination of molecular signals provided by the diversity of cytokines, adhesion molecules, and chemokines regulates the specificity and selectivity of the recruitment of certain subpopulations of leukocytes in vivo. This review will focus on selectins and chemokines which initiate the cell contact and regulate activation and chemoattraction of leukocytes.
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  • 5
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biologie in unserer Zeit 29 (1999), S. 26-35 
    ISSN: 0045-205X
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Alle höheren Wirbeltiere besitzen ein ausgefeiltes Immunsystem, das im wesentlichen zwei Aufgaben hat: den Organismus vor Infektionen durch Krankheitserreger zu Schützenund den Organismus von entarteten Tumorzellen zu befreien.Um diese Aufgabe zu bewältigen, hält das Immunsystem die weißen Blutkörperchen oder Leukozyten parat: Makrophagen und Granulozyten vernichten eingedrungene Erreger. Lymphozyten produzieren Antikörper (B-Zellen), welche die Erreger neutralisieren; sie sezernieren Zytokine (T-Helferzellen), welche die Immunreaktion gergen den Erreger koordinieren, oder sie wirken als Killerzellen (T-Killerzellen), die in virusinfizierten Zellen und Tumorzellen den programmierten Zelltod (Apoptose) auslösen.Aus ihrem Aufenthaltsort - die Leukozyten zirkulieren passiv im Blutgefäßsystem - ergibt sich ein prinzipielles Problem. I nfektionen oder Zellentartungen entstehen in den meisten Fällen nicht in den Blutgefäßen, sondern in den Geweben des Organismus. Um den Ort der Infektion zu erreichen, müssen die Leukozyten die Blutgefäße verlassen und in das betroffene Gewebe einwandern. Gleichzeitig muß gewährleistet werden, daß nur diejenigen Leukozyten das Gewebe infiltrieren, die dort auch gebraucht werden; würden alle Leu kozytentypen unkontrolliert in ein bestimmtes Gewebe einwandern, käme es zu unerwünschten Nebeneffekten, wie Autoimmunreaktionen oder chronischen Entzündungen. Das Auswandern von Leukozyten muß also sehr genau reguliert werden.In der jüngsten Vergangenheit hat sich herausgestellt, daß den Leukozyten die notwendige Information von den Endothelzellen - den Zellen, welche die innere Oberfläche der Blutgefäße auskleiden - vermittelt wird. Über eine Kaskade von Zell-Zell-Interaktionen, vermittelt durch Zelladhäsionsmoleküle, werden die richtigen Leukozyten am richtigen Ort festgehalten und zum Auswandern in das Gewebe veranlaßt. Durch die Aufklärung der molekularen Mechanismen beginnt sich nun eine Antwort au f die Frage abzuzeichnen, wie verschiedene Leukozyten ihren Weg in die verschiedenen Kompartimente des Organismus finden. Die Kenntnis dieser molekularen Mechanismen bietet Ansatzpunkte für Therapien von Krankheiten, die durch eine fehlregulierte Entzündungsreaktion ausgelöst werden.
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