PrefaceFeature, Structure and Classifi cation of Adhesion Molecules: An Overview, Deirdre R. Coombe and Danielle E. DyeImmunohistochemical Localization of Adhesion Molecules, H. Wayne Sampson and Alan R. ParrishJunctional Adhesion Molecules (JAMs), Klaus Ebnet, Volker Gerke and Michel Aurrand-LionsMolecular Imaging of Endothelial Adhesion Molecules, Alistair C. Lindsay, Martina A. McAteer and Robin P. ChoudhuryDeleterious Roles of Infl ammatory Adhesion Molecules during Aging, Yani Zou, Byung Pal Yu and Hae Young ChungThe PI3K/Akt-NF-kappa B Signaling Pathway and Hypoxia-induced Mitogenic Factor in Vascular Adhesion Molecule 1 Gene Expression, Dechun LiArginine and Adhesion Molecules, Sung-Ling YehAdhesion Molecules in Stem Cells, Hiroko Hisha, Xiaoli Wang and Susumu IkeharaAdhesion Molecules and Neutrophil Migration, Beth A. McCormickAdhesion Molecules in Leukocytes and Their Reactivity, Maria Bokarewa and Piotr MydelAdhesion Molecules in Decompression Sickness and Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, Nancy J. Bigley and Barbara E. HullEndothelial Adhesion Molecules in Diabetes, Yiqing Song, Cuilin Zhang and Simin LiuAdhesion Molecules in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, Michelle A. MillerWeight Loss and Adhesion Molecules, Jennifer B. Keogh and Peter M. CliftonHypoxia Reperfusion Injury and Adhesion Molecules, Kamran GhoriAdhesion Molecules in Kidney Diseases, Maurizio Li Vecchi and Giuseppe MontaltoAdhesion Molecules and Smoking, Matthew J. Garabedian and Kristine Y. LainOsteoprotegerin and Adhesion-Molecules, Catherine Rush and Jonathan GolledgeAdhesion Molecules in Skin, Robert C. Fuhlbrigge and Ahmed GehadExpression of Cell-Cell Adhesion Molecules in Matrical Tumors of Hairs, Nails, Teeth and Pituitary Gland, Alejandro Peralta Soler and James L. BurchetteBioinformatics Analysis to Identify Cell Adhesion Molecules in Cancer, Anguraj Sadanandam, William J. Gibb and Rakesh K. SinghEndothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and Cancer Progression, Kimberly C. Boelte, Hanako Kobayashi and P. Charles LinAdhesion Molecule Phosphorylation in Cancer Chemotherapy, Geraldine M. O’NeillAdhesion Molecules in Normal Hematopoiesis and Leukemia, Mirela de Barros Tamarozzi and Eduardo Magalhães RegoCarbamylated Low-density Lipoprotein and Adhesion Molecules, Eugene O. Apostolov, Sudhir V. Shah, Ercan Ok and Alexei G. BasnakianAdhesion Molecules and Oxidized Low-density Lipoprotein, Masaaki MatsumotoAdhesion Molecules in Atrial Fibrillation, Matthias Hammwöhner, Alicja Bukowska, Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus and Andreas GoetteApolipoproteins and Cell Adhesion Molecules, Chunyu Zheng, Frank M. Sacks and Masanori AikawaMarine n-3 Polyunsaturated FattyAcids and Cellular Adhesion Molecules in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease, Ole Eschen, Jeppe Hagstrup Christensen and Erik Berg SchmidtSoluble Adhesion Molecules in Brain Infarction, Toshitaka Umemura, Takahiko Kawamura, Toshimasa Sakakibara, Nigishi Hotta and Gen SobueAdhesion Molecules in Dementia,a Sabina Janciauskiene, Sun Yong-Xin and Jia JianpingIndexAbout the EditorColor Plate Section