Interaction of Cells with Natural and Foreign Surfaces

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Cell Surface Membranes: Molecular and Electrokinetic Properties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Structural Organisation and Function of Cell Surface Membranes

      • N. Crawford

      Pages 3-10

   3. Electrokinetic Aspects of Cell Surfaces

      • N. Crawford

      Pages 11-20

   4. Fibronectin: Role in Cell Surface Interactions

      • John R. Couchman, Anne Woods

      Pages 21-37

   5. Cytoskeletal and Cytocontractile Features of Myofibroblasts

      • Giulio Gabbiani

      Pages 39-49

3. Cell Surface Interactions and Biotolerance: Basic Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Endothelium as a Haemocompatible Surface

      • J. D. Pearson

      Pages 53-61

   3. Interaction of Blood, Blood Components and Surfaces

      • J. C. Barbenel, K. J. Mynett, J. M. Courtney, C. D. Forbes, G. D. O. Lowe

      Pages 63-70

   4. Cellular Aspects of Biotolerance

      • Trevor Rae

      Pages 71-81

   5. Surface Property Requirements for Biomaterials

      • G. W. Hastings

      Pages 83-93

   6. Surface Emission and Biological Probes for Inorganic Interfaces

      • J. E. Davies, R. P. Hurst, N. T. Spooner

      Pages 95-108

4. Cellular Interactions in Vascular Grafts and Extracorporeal Circuitry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Cellular Interactions in Extracorporeal Circuitry

      • Patricia Lawford

      Pages 111-123

   3. Interactions of White Cells and the Humoral Cascades During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Man

      • Stephen Westaby

      Pages 125-130

   4. Assessment of Platelet Inhibitory Therapy for Arterial Prostheses in an in Vivo Canine Model

      • Ian Lane, Joseph Irwin, Keith Poskitt, Charles McCollum

      Pages 131-135

   5. Evolution of the Subendothelial Growth on Heparinised Aldehyde Crosslinked Arteries

      • Madeleine Moczar, Philippe David, Daniel Loisance

      Pages 137-142

   6. The Influence of Thromboxane Receptor Blockade on Platelet Uptake in Dacron Grafts in Man

      • Ian Lane, Marion Sinclair, Keith Poskitt, Charles McCollum

      Pages 143-147

   7. Plasma Fibronectin and Platelet Deficiency Following Aortic Cross-Clamping

      • J. T. Powell, K. R. Poskitt, J. T. C. Irwin, C. N. McCollum

      Pages 149-153

5. Cell Surface Interactions and Tumour Metastases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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It would be difficult to think of a more important field of study in medicine than the interaction of cells with natural and foreign surfaces, but it is rare for those in the practice of medicine and surgery to get together with the basic scientists to discuss what they know about it, so that ground of common interest can be explored. Perhaps the symposium should have been entitled "Interactions between those interested in cell surfaces ••• " because it is here that the chief value of such meetings must lie. Even a brief perusal of this volume shows just how far advanced thought and work are on some facets of the topic. Some of the most pressing problems in medicine are those of tumour spread and of thrombosis of blood vessels where surface phenomena are of paramount importance. Our understanding is still very limited but, as the symposium illustrated, the answers are only to be found by study at fundamental levels, the work gaining direction and point from interaction with surgeons and others concerned with the actual disease states.

• Natural
• Symposium
• Volume
• blood
• blood vessel
• cells
• field
• interaction
• medicine
• meeting
• state
• surface
• temperature
• thrombosis
• tumor

• Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, England

  N. Crawford, D. E. M. Taylor

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