... amount of immunocytes in the mucosa and mesenteric lymph nodes, the gut is the recipient of a constant influx of leukocytes, a process tightly regulated by multiple factors. These include cell adhesion molecules on the leukocytes and their counter-receptors on the microvascular endothelial cells...

.... Future therapeutic approaches in inflammatory and malignant disorders may possibly be development of principles targeting adhesion molecules. 4 11 2008 Cell adhesion molecules Inflammatory bowel disease Colorectal neoplasms Inflammation, intestinal Dig Dis 1995;13:322-336 Gitte...