The Reticuloendothelial System in Health and Disease: Functions and Characteristics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The RES and the Mononuclear Phagocyte System....Pages 3-9
Morphology and Kinetics of Lymphocytes....Pages 11-26
Differences between Monocyte-Derived and Tissue Macrophages....Pages 27-40
Cellular Basis for the Generation of B-Cell Diversity....Pages 41-51
Antigenic Differences between Rat Alveolar and Peritoneal Macrophages....Pages 53-58
A Macrophage Cell Surface Antigen....Pages 59-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Origin, Ontogeny, and Kinetics of Mononuclear Phagocytes....Pages 71-81
Germinal Centers and Their Role in Immune Responses....Pages 83-100
Distribution of HL-A Antigens and ABO Blood Groups in Pre-Columbian Mummies....Pages 101-110
Immunological Reconstitution of Neonatally Thymectomized Rats Following Implantation of Thymic Epithelial Cells....Pages 111-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Biochemical Aspects of the Function of the Reticulo-Endothelial System....Pages 121-129
Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism of Reticuloendothelial Cells....Pages 131-138
Nitroblue Tetrazolium Reduction by Human Macrophages: Studies in Chronic Granulomatous Disease....Pages 139-149
The NADPH Oxidase Activity of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophilic Leukocytes Revisited....Pages 151-160
Chemotaxis of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophilic Leukocytes by Mannan-Enriched Preparations of Candida Albicans ....Pages 161-169
Iron and the Reticuloendothelial System....Pages 171-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Chlorination, Decarboxylation and Bactericidal Activity Mediated by the MPO-H 2 O 2 -Cl − System....Pages 191-203
The Mechanism of Control of Phagocytic Metabolism....Pages 205-223
Genetic Regulation of Macrophage Functions....Pages 225-236
Electron Microscopic Cytochemical Localization of Intravenously Injected Liposome-Encapsulated Horseradish Peroxidase in Rat Liver Cells....Pages 237-245
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Phagocytosis and Intralysosomal Digestion of Subcellular Organelles by Kupffer Cells of Rat Liver....Pages 247-255
The Role of Phagocytosis in the Production of Endogenous Pyrogen by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes....Pages 257-266
Antiphagocytic Activity of the Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Escherichia Coli ....Pages 267-275
The Reticuloendothelial System (Res) in Experimental Amebic Meningoencephalitis....Pages 277-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
The Selection and Design of Lysosomotropic Drugs....Pages 289-313
Surface Receptors in B Lymphocyte Activation by Antigens....Pages 315-327
Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation: Effect of Ligand Concentration and Induction Time....Pages 329-337
Complement Independent Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Induced Hypotension and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: a Correlation of LPS Structure with in Vivo and in Vitro Biological Activities....Pages 339-349
Potentiated Lysosomal Enzyme, Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Activities of Peritoneal Macrophages of Mice Treated With the MER Fraction of Tubercle Bacilli....Pages 351-361
Adjuvant Effect of Listeria Cell Wall Fraction....Pages 363-374
The Present View of RES and Shock....Pages 375-387
Trauma Induced Histamine Synthesis and RES Activity....Pages 389-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Workshop: RES-Biochemistry and Physiology....Pages 403-410
Workshop: RES-Pharmacology....Pages 411-471
Back Matter....Pages 473-495