Organic tissue, adhesive

Shellfish are not the only organisms using adhesives to ensure that they remain in place despite battery from waves and tides. Red and brown algae also produce adhesives, based on polyphenols, which can bond nonspecifically to both hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces under water. These have also been investigated, and synthetic analogues have been made which can successfully mimic this performance and are postulated as a soft tissue adhesive (Bitton and Bianco-Peled 2008). 

Early infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocyte/macro-phages into the transplanted organ occurs soon after reperfusion of the transplant is initiated. In the context of transplantation, oxygen deprivation and general tissue stress of the graft leads to the activation of proinflammatory cytokines and the upregulation of the adhesion molecules required for leukocyte... 

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