Immune Responses to Biosurfaces

Part 1. Mechanisms. - Thromboinflammation in Therapeutic Medicine. - Complement Interactions with Blood Cells, Endothelial Cells and Microvesicles in Thrombotic and Inflammatory Conditions. - Role of Complement on Broken Surfaces after Trauma. - Complement Involvement in Periodontitis: Molecular Mechanisms and Rational Therapeutic Approaches. - Part 2. Biomaterials. - The Lectin Pathway of Complement and Biocompatibility. - Foreign Body Reaction to Subcutaneous Implants. - Molecular Characterization of Macrophage-Biomaterial Interactions. - Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Metabolism and the Fate of Grafted Tissues. - Part 3. Transplantation. - Xenotransplantation of Cells, Tissues, Organs and the German Research Foundation Transregio Collaborative Research Centre 127. - Macro encapsulated Pig Islets Correct Induced Diabetes in Primates up to 6 Months. - Regulation of Instant Blood Mediated Inflammatory Reaction (IBMIR) in Pancreatic Islet Xeno-Transplantation Points for Therapeutic Interventions. - Cell Surface Engineering for Regulation of Immune Reactions in Cell Therapy. - Complement Interception Across Humoral Incompatibility in Solid Organ Transplantation A Clinical Perspective.