The Reticuloendothelial System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Cellular Regulation in Hematopoiesis

   • Leon Weiss

   Pages 1-22

3. Endothelial Reactions

   • Burton Zweiman

   Pages 23-35

4. Regional Specialization in Antigen Presentation

   • J. Wayne Streilein, Joan Stein-Streilein, Judith Head

   Pages 37-93

5. Structure and Expression of IgE Receptors

   • Anthony Kulczycki Jr.

   Pages 95-102

6. Interaction of Phagocytic Cells with Immune Complexes of Anaphylactic Antibodies

   • Jean-Paul Dessaint, André Capron

   Pages 103-124

7. Leukocyte Function in Human Allergic Disease

   • Michael R. Simon

   Pages 125-171

8. Complement-Mediated Injury

   • Michel D. Kazatchkine, Urs E. Nydegger

   Pages 173-196

9. Antibody-Mediated Cytotoxicity

   • James W. Kazura

   Pages 197-208

10. Inflammatory Lymphokines in Hypersensitivity Reactions

    • Marion C. Cohen, Janice K. Gutowski, Stanley Cohen

    Pages 209-232

11. Macrophage Procoagulants, Fibrin Deposition, and the Inflammatory Response

    • Richard L. Edwards, Veeta A. Ewan, Frederick R. Rickles

    Pages 233-266

12. Leukotrienes

    • Michael K. Bach

    Pages 267-320

13. Cutaneous Basophil Hypersensitivity

    • Stephen J. Galli, Philip W. Askenase

    Pages 321-369

14. The Nephritogenic Immune Response and Renal Immunopathogenesis

    • Michael D. Clayman, Carl S. Goldstein, Eric G. Neilson

    Pages 371-433

15. Macrophages in Immunoparasitology

    • Graham F. Mitchell, Paul R. Wood

    Pages 435-472

16. Back Matter

    Pages 473-487

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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 those 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 sys­ tem. 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 het­ erogeneous 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 and enormous task umes, are extremely grateful for the enthusiastic cooperation undertaken by members of the biomedical community in general and especially and Japanese Reticuloen­ by members of the American as well as European dothelial Societies.

• cells
• endothelium
• infectious disease
• phylogeny
• physiology

• University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

  Herman Friedman

• Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA

  Mario R. Escobar

• Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA

  Sherwood M. Reichard

• The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  S. Michael Phillips

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