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7497166

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
Physiologic and inflammatory leukocyte trafficking are controlled by adhesion molecules on leukocytes and endothelial cells. These adhesion molecules can be grouped into four major families: integrins, immunoglobulinlike molecules, selectins, and glycoproteins serving as selectin ligands. The recent advent of gene-targeting technology in embryonal stem cells has prompted the production of mutant mice that lack individual adhesion molecules or combinations thereof. Such gene-targeted mice permit studies into the roles of adhesion molecules in acute and chronic inflammation and of the regulation and interplay between different sets of adhesion receptors in vivo. Microcirculatory studies have been indispensable to our understanding of the importance of certain adhesion molecules for different steps of leukocyte recruitment in vivo. Targeting new genes and investigating mice with combined adhesion-molecule deficiencies will help to further clarify the molecular mechanisms of leukocyte trafficking in health and disease. This article reviews the insight gained through using adhesion molecule-deficient mice, emphasizing the role of microcirculatory studies in this research.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1073-9688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene-targeted mice in leukocyte adhesion research.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't