Biochemistry of the Acute Allergic Reactions (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research)

Partial table of contents: The Continuing Scientific Odyssey of K. Frank Austen (E. Becker). ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM. Effects of Leukotrienes on the Biology of Inflammatory Cells (R. Lewis). Formation of Lipoxygenase Products of Arachidonate Metabolism in Disaggregated Lung Cells (M. Bach et al.). MAST CELLS AND EOSINOPHILS. Mast Cell Secretagogues (M. White et al.). Activation of Human Mast Cells After Immunoglobulin E-Dependent and Neuropeptide Stimulation (S. Holgate et al.). COMPLEMENT. Phylogeny of the Plasma Regulatory Proteins of the Complement System (T. Kaidoh & I. Gigli). Immunoregulatory Functions of Complement: Structural and Functional Studies of Complement Receptor Type 1 (CR1; CD35) and Type 2 (CR2; CD21) (D. Fearon et al.). PHAGOCYTES AND PROTEASES. Receptors for the Fc Portion of Immunoglobulin g (Fcgamma;R) on Human Monocytes and Macrophages (P. Comber et al.). Phagocytosis of Particulate Activators of the Human Alternative Complement Pathway Through Monocyte beta;-Glucan Receptors (J. Czop et al.). AFTERWORD.Tauber, Alfred I. is the author of 'Biochemistry of the Acute Allergic Reactions (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research)', published 1989 under ISBN 9780471515142 and ISBN 0471515140.