Cell migration in inflammation and immunity : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: D'Ambrosio, Daniele, Sinigaglia, Francesco
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Methods in molecular biology. v. 239.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Chemotaxis and interaction with vascular or lymphatic endothelium
  • Analysis of integrin-dependent rapid adhesion under laminar-flow conditions
  • Posttranslational processing of chemokines
  • Chemotactic profiling of lymphocyte subpopulations
  • Measurements of the levels of polymerized actin (F-Actin) in chemokine-stimulated lymphocytes and GFP-coupled cDNA transfected lymphoid cells by flow cytometry
  • Evaluation of Rho family small G-protein activity induced by integrin ligation on human leukocytes
  • Reconstructing leukocyte migration in 3D extracellular matrix by time-lapse videomicroscopy and computer-assisted tracking
  • Analyzing chemotaxis using Dictyostelium discoideum as a model system
  • Conditional transgenic models to study chemokine biology
  • Intravital microscopy as a tool for studying recruitment and chemotaxis
  • Tracking antigen-specific lymphocytes in vivo
  • Analysis of homing-receptor expression on infiltrating leukocytes in disease states
  • Interaction of viral chemokine inhibitors with chemokines
  • Discovery of small-molecule antagonists of chemokine receptors : screening strategy and assays
  • Visualization and analysis of adhesive events in brain microvessels by using intravital microscopy
  • Animal models to study chemokine receptor function in vivo : mouse models of allergic airway inflammation
  • Assessing the role of multiple phosphoinositide 3-kinases in chemokine signaling : use of dominant negative mutants controlled by a tetracycline-regulated gene expression system
  • In vitro and in vivo models to study chemokine regulation of angiogenesis
  • Real time in vitro assay for studying chemoattractant-triggered leukocyte transendothelial migration under physiological flow conditions
  • Generation of monoclonal antibodies against chemokine receptors
  • Detection of high-affinity α4-integrin upon leukocyte stimulation by chemoattractants or chemokines