The Reticuloendothelial System in Health and Disease: Functions and Characteristics: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, cartea 73

of Part A.- Section 1 Morphology and Surface Properties of Macrophages.- The RES and the Mononuclear Phagocyte System.- Morphology and Kinetics of Lymphocytes.- Differences Between Monocyte-Derived and Tissue Macrophages.- Cellular Basis for the Generation of B-Cell Diversity.- Antigenic Differences Between Rat Alveolar and Peritoneal Macrophages.- A Macrophage Cell Surface Antigen.- Section 2 Ontogeny and Development of RE Cells.- Origin, Ontogeny and Kinetics of Mononuclear Phagocytes.- Germinal Centers and Their Role in Immune Responses.- Distribution of HL-A Antigens and ABO Blood Groups in Pre-Columbian Mummies.- Immunological Reconstitution of Neonatally Thymectomized Rats Following Implantation of Thymic Epithelial Cells.- Section 3 Biochemistry and Physiology of the RES.- Biochemical Aspects of the Function of the Reticulo-Endothelial System.- Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism of Reticuloendothelial Cells.- Nitroblue Tetrazolium Reduction by Human Macrophages: Studies in Chronic Granulomatous Disease.- The NADPH Oxidase Activity of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophilic Leukocytes Revisited.- Chemotaxis of Polymorphonuclear Neutrophilic Leukocytes by Mannan-Enriched Preparations of Candida albicans.- Iron and the Reticuloendothelial System.- Section 4 The Phagocytic Event.- Chlorination, Decarboxylation and Bactericical Activity Mediated by the MPO-H2O2-Cl- System.- The Mechanism of Control of Phagocytic Metabolism.- Genetic Regulation of Macrophage Functions.- Electron Microscopic Cytochemical Localization of Intravenously Injected Liposome-Encapsulated Horseradish Peroxidase in Rat Liver Cells.- Phagocytosis and Intralysosomal Digestion of Subcellular Organelles by Kupffer Cells of Rat Liver.- The Role of Phagocytosis in the Production of Endogenous Pyrogen by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes.- Antiphagocytic Activity of the Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Escherichia coli.- The Reticuloendothelial System (RES) in Experimental Amebic Meningoencephalitis.- Section 5 Factors Affecting RE Function.- The Selection and Design of Lysosomotropic Drugs.- Surface Receptors in B Lymphocyte Activation by Antigens.- Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation: Effect of Ligand Concentration and Induction Time.- Complement Independent Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Induced Hypotension and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Correlation of LPS Structure with In vivo and In vitro Biological Activities.- Potentiated Lysosomal Enzyme, Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Activities of Peritoneal Macrophages of Mice Treated with the MER Fraction of Tubercle Bacilli.- Adjuvant Effect of Listeria Cell Wall Fraction.- The Present View of RES and Shock.- Trauma Induced Histamine Synthesis and RES Activity.- Workshops.- RES — Biochemistry and Physiology.- RES Pharmacology.- List of Participants.