The Reticuloendothelial System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

   PDF

2. Neoplasms of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System

   • Robert D. Collins, Betsy Bennett, Alan D. Glick

   Pages 1-33

3. Lymphatic Metastasis of Neoplasms

   • Ian Carr, Jean Carr

   Pages 35-57

4. Control of Tumors by the RES

   • Kurt Stern

   Pages 59-153

5. Activities of Macrophages Within and Peripheral to the Tumor Mass

   • Robert Evans, Stephen Haskill

   Pages 155-176

6. Stimulation of the RES and Control of Cancer Metastasis

   • Vincent A. Pollack, Isaiah J. Fidler

   Pages 177-191

7. Neoplasia and Mononuclear Phagocyte Function

   • George J. Cianciolo, Ralph Snyderman

   Pages 193-216

8. Suppressor Cells and Cancer: Inhibition of Immune Functions by Macrophages

   • Luigi Varesio

   Pages 217-252

9. Modulation of Mononuclear Phagocytes by Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents

   • Alberto Mantovani, Aldo Tagliabue

   Pages 253-278

10. Natural Killer Cells and Other Effector Cells, and Their Roles in Resistance against Cancer

    • Ronald B. Herberman

    Pages 279-313

11. Immunosuppressive Factors Produced by Tumors and Their Effects on the RES

    • Steven Specter, Herman Friedman

    Pages 315-326

12. Tumorigenic Viruses Affecting the RES

    • T. Juhani Linna, Kenneth D. Thompson

    Pages 327-343

13. Back Matter

    Pages 345-356

    PDF

This comprehensive treatise on the reticuloendothelial system is a project jointly shared by individual members of the Reticuloendothelial (RE) Society and bio­ medical scientists in general who are interested in the intricate system of cells and molecular moieties derived from these cells which constitute the RES. It may now be more fashionable in some quarters to consider these cells as part of what is called the mononuclear phagocytic system or the lymphoreticular system. Nevertheless, because of historical developments and current interest in the subject by investigators from many diverse areas, it seems advantageous to present in one comprehensive treatise current information and knowledge con­ cerning basic aspects of the RES, such as morphology, biochemistry, phylogeny and ontogeny, physiology, and pharmacology as well as clinical areas including immunopathology, cancer, infectious diseases, allergy, and hypersensitivity. It is anticipated that by presenting information concerning these apparently heterogeneous topics under the unifying umbrella of the RES attention will be focused on the similarities as well as interactions among the cell types constitut­ ing the RES from the viewpoint of various disciplines. The treatise editors and their editorial board, consisting predominantly of the editors of individual vol­ umes, are extremely grateful for the enthusiastic cooperation and enormous task undertaken by members of the biomedical community in general and especially by members of the American as well as European and Japanese Reticuloendothe­ lial Societies.

• diseases
• infectious disease
• pathology
• pharmacology
• physiology

• University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

  Herman Friedman

• Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA

  Mario Escobar

• Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA

  Sherwood M. Reichard

• National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Fredrick, USA

  Ronald B. Herberman

Policies and ethics