ABSTRACT
SUMMARY: Hereby we review the role of some adhesion molecules, mainly among integrins and immumoglubulin superfamily members in patients with asthma, acute lung injury or pulmonary infections. Furthemore, we discuss the role of leukocyte adhesion molecules in lung and airways related to the above diseases.We briefly give scientific knowledge for what is known about the expression of adhesion molecules on various resident and migratory lung cells. Pneumon 2000, 13 (1): 50-56