title: [Adhesion molecules].
abstract: Phagocytosis by specialized cells was, expressed in evolutionary terms, one of the first defense strategies of organisms in order to eliminate foreign materials. Migration of professional phagocytic cells to a lesion thus represents one of the most basic aspects of host defense. The article describes different families of adhesion molecules and their contribution to this process.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Pharmakologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pfeilschifter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology*; D019087:Selectins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016207:Cytokines; D016023:Integrins; D019087:Selectins