Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation: Receptors of Inflammatory Cells : Structure Function Relationships

Receptors on inflammatory cells recognize extracellular signals and pass specific messages to transductional pathways within the cell. Nine receptors of inflammatory cells were selected for this inaugural volume, representing a spectrum of structure-function relationships.
This volume is the first in a new serial on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation. The purpose of this serial is to bring together the latest knowledge in various areas of research in this actively developing field around a topical focus. These volumes are not intended to present comprehensive reviews. Rather, each contribution is meant to be a status report from laboratories actively working in an area. The editors accept the responsibility for bringing together a spectrum of contributions to provide the reader with knowledge in a given topic area of sufficient breadth to serve as a basis for further research initiatives. By avoiding any requirement for comprehensive review, by encouraging contributors to provide their expert viewpoint, and by reducing publication time to a minimum through the use of computer typesetting, each volume of this serial will prove to be a timely and useful contribution to the research community's efforts in this area.