I. Ecto-ATPase: Characterization and Localization.- 1. Ecto-ATPases of the Nervous System.- 2. Evidence for Ectonucleotidases in the Guinea-Pig Cochlea: In Vivo and in Vitro Biochemical Studies.- 3. Solubilization and Characterization of an ATP Diphosphohydrolase (EC 3.6.1.5) from Rat Brain Synaptic Plasma Membranes.- 4. The Hydrolysis of Extracellular Adenine Nucleotides by Cultured Vascular Cells and Cardiac Myocytes.- 5. Distribution of Different ATP-Diphosphohydrolase Isoforms in Mammalian Organs.- 6. Solubilized E-Type ATPase Is Released from Intact Rat Tissues in the Simultaneous Presence of Nucleotides and Detergents.- 7. Ecto-ATP-Diphosphohydrolase from Normal and Abnormal Placenta.- 8. ATP-Diphosphohydrolase Activity from Mammary Gland: Regulation and Localization.- 9. Role of Ecto-ATPases, Based on Histochemical Investigations: Evidences and Doubts.- 10. Ecto-ATPase Activity in Goldfish Hepatocytes.- 11. Ecto-ATPases of the Kidney.- 12. Ecto-ATPase Activity in the Kidney.- 13. Inhibition of Porcine Renal Ecto-ATP Diphosphohydrolase by Ca2+ Channel Blockers and Neuroleptic Drugs.- 14. Human Tumor Ecto-ATPases.- II. Ecto-ATPase: Purification and Sequencing.- 15. Purification, Characterization, and Molecular Cloning of the Chicken Gizzard Smooth Muscle Ecto-ATPase.- 16. A Strategy for Monoclonal Antibody Production to Ecto-ATPases.- 17. Ecto-ATPase of Tetrahymena: Role in Purinergic Responses and Purification of a Soluble Form.- 18. Purification and Identification by Immunological Techniques of Different Isoforms of Mammalian ATP Diphosphohydrolases.- 19. ATP Diphosphohydrolase from Schistosoma mansoni Belongs to a New Family of Apyrases.- III. Ecto-ATPases: Function and Pathology.- 20. Immunochemical Expression of Ecto-ATP-Diphosphohydrolase in Experimental andClinical Disease.- 21. Control of Platelet Reactivity by an Ecto-ADPase on Human Endothelial Cells.- 22. Vascular ATP Diphosphohydrolase (CD39/ATPDase).- 23. Expression of Glomerular Ecto-ATPase in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome.- 24. Role of Ecto-ATPase in Lymphocyte Function.- 25. ATP Diphosphohydrolase: A Possible Relation of This Enzyme with Alzheimer’s Disease and Thrombosis.- 26. ATP Diphosphohydrolase and 5?-Nucleotidase Activities from Hippocampal Synaptosomes after Brain Ischemia.- 27. The ATP-Diphosphohydrolase of Schistosoma mansoni: Ecto-Localization and Possible Roles in Host-Parasite Interactions.- 28. Potato Apyrase: An Overview: Characteristics and Localization of ATP-Diphosphohydrolase from Solarium tuberosum Tuber.- IV. Interrelationship of Ecto-ATPase and Purinoceptor Function.- 29. P2 Nucleotide Receptor Structure and Function.- 30. Ectonucleotidases and Purinoceptors in the Cochlea and Their Putative Role in Hearing.- 31. The Role of Eeto-Enzymes (Ecto-ATPase, 5?-Nucleotidase and Alkaline Phosphatase) in the Proliferation of LLC-MK2-Cells.- V. Other Relevant Cell Surface Proteins.- 32. Ubiquitous Expression of the ? - Subunit of H+-Transporting ATP Synthase on the Surface of Tumor Cells: Possible Role in Tumorigenesis and Immune Surveillance.- 33. PP120/C-CAM: Genomic Cloning and Role in Insulin Action and Metabolism.- 34. Is the Rat Liver Ecto-ATPase Identical to C-CAM/PP120, a Cell Adhesion Molecule?.- 35. Relationship of NCAM to E-Type ATPases of Rat Synaptosomes.- Participants.- Author Index.
