Cytokines and the Liver

Introduction. <strong>Part A: Cytokines and their Receptors in the Liver.</strong> <strong>Section 1:</strong> Regulation of Synthesis. <strong>1.</strong> Cytokine response to infection; A. Cerami. <strong>2.</strong> Interleukin-8 and other chemokines: new perspectives in inflammation; M. Baggiolini, M. Uguccioni, M. d'Apuzzo. <strong>3.</strong> Induction of IL-1ra synthesis by hepatic acute phase proteins; J.W. Mier. <strong>4.</strong> IL-6 signal transduction from the plasma membrane to the nucleus; F. Horn, C. Lutticken, U. Wegenka, J. Yuan, P.C. Heinrich. <strong>Section II:</strong> Signal Transduction Pathways and Effects. <strong>5.</strong> Activation of NH-kappa-B and AP-1 in rat Kupffer cells; T.A. Tran-Thi, K. Decker, P.A. Bäuerle. <strong>6.</strong> Cytokines and adhesion molecules in the liver; K. Tanikawa. <strong>7.</strong> Regulation and functional implications of hepatic NO synthesis from L-arginine; A. Mulsch. <strong>Part B: Cell Biological</strong> <strong>Aspects. Section III:</strong> Inflammation and Fibrogenesis. <strong>8.</strong> Production of inflammatory cytokines by Kupffer cells: evidence for autocrine and paracrine regulatory mechanisms; M. Grewe. <strong>9.</strong> Role of sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver fibrosis; G. Ramadori, K. Neubauer. <strong>10.</strong> The contribution of hepatocytes to cytokine-directed activation of fat-storing cells -- a pathogenetic key mechanism in liver fibrogenesis; A.M. Gressner, C. Hoffman, M.G. Bachem, G. Schuftan, B. Lahme, A. Brenzel. <strong>Section IV:</strong> Function of Stellate Cells and Growth Regulation. <strong>11.</strong> On the contraction and relaxation of stellate cells induced by Kupffer cell-derived vasoactive substances; N. Kawada, K. Decker. <strong>12.</strong> The initiation of liver regeneration and the regulation of liver growth by transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha); N. Fausto. <strong>13.</strong> Role of HGF in liver regeneration; G.K. Michalopoulos, W.M. Mars, M-L. Liu. <strong>Part C: Clinical Implications. Section V:</strong> Hepatitis and Cirrhosis. <strong>14.</strong> Kupffer cell processing of bacterial lipopolysaccharide; E.S. Fox, P. Thomas. <strong>15.</strong> Cytokines in alcoholic liver cirrhosis; J. Deviere, O. Le Moine, M. Goldman, E. Dupont. <strong>16.</strong> Autoimmune hepatitis and cytokines; C. Trautwein, M.P. Manns. <strong>17.</strong> Cytokine profiles in primary biliary cirrhosis: an approach to define the underlying immunoreactivity; P.A. Berg, R. Klein, M. Leuschner, U. Leuschner. <strong>Section VI:</strong> Responses of the Challenged Liver. <strong>18.</strong> Growth factors in liver disease; W.E. Fleig. <strong>19.</strong> Cytokine regulation of hepatic acute phase protein expression; Z. Xing, C.D. Richards, T. Braciak, V. Thibault, J. Gauldie. <strong>20.</strong> Cytokine-induced alterations in hepatic lipid metabolism; K.R. Feingold, I. Hardardottir, C. Grunfeld. <strong>Section VII:</strong> Liver Transplantation. <strong>21.</strong> Cytokines in liver transplantation and alcoholic liver disease; R.G. Thurman, E. Savier, Y. Adachi, S.I. Shedlofsky, J.J. Lemasters, W. Gao, B.U. Bradford, Z. Zhong, K.T. Knecht, W. Qu, R.T. Currin, S. Lichtman, J. Wang, M. Goto. <strong>22.</strong> Role of cytokines in the regulation of cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in human liver transplants; G. Steinhoff. <strong>23.</strong> Cytokines in liver allograft rejection; A.S. Gaweco, W.J. Hofmann. Index. <br/>