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Author : Bruce Alberts
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ISBN 13 : 9780815332183
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Download or read book Molecular Biology of The Cell written by Bruce Alberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Fromm
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1573317497
Total Pages : 357 pages
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Download or read book Molecular Structure and Function of the Tight Junction written by Michael Fromm and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aim of this volume is to clarify the relationship between molecular structure and function of tight junction proteins, as well as their regulation and their role in diseases. Current research may form a basis for future diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to diseases which seem to have not much in common but are characterized by defects of organ barriers, like Crohn's disease, renal hypertension, inner ear deafness, and cancerous diseases. Topics include the functions of distinct tight junction proteins as barrier or channel formers for solutes and water, characteristics of the tight junction in inflammatory bowel diseases, posttranslational modifications of tight junction proteins, the relation between renal tight junction proteins and blood pressure control, and the molecular structure of claudin-claudin interactions NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.
Author : Jörg-Dieter Schulzke
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Total Pages : 346 pages
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Download or read book Molecular Structure and Function of the Tight Junction written by Jörg-Dieter Schulzke and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lorenza González-Mariscal
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030972046
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book Tight Junctions written by Lorenza González-Mariscal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the dynamic topic of tight junctions. The book focuses on tight junctions' role in sealing adjacent epithelial cells in a narrow band just beneath their apical surface. The book explains how tight junctions consist of a network of claudins and other proteins, and delves into how they hold cells together and form functional and protective barriers, regulating the passage of molecules and ions through the space between cells. The book opens with a discussion of the evolution of research on tight junctions, discussing a range of primary areas of growth, including the current knowledge on the particular physiological function of different claudins due to the development of an array of knock out mice. The chapters also explore in-depth studies of tight junctions in specific tissues (gut, lung and endothelia). This book offers a comprehensive understanding on post-translational modifications of occludin and its impact on tight junction function, as well as the molecular composition and function of tricellular tight junctions. This volume is particularly relevant to students and scientists in neuroscience, cell biology, physiology, cell differentiation, and cancer research.
Author : Jianghui Hou
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128226439
Total Pages : 422 pages
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Download or read book A Laboratory Guide to the Tight Junction written by Jianghui Hou and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Laboratory Guide to the Tight Junction offers broad coverage of the unique methods required to investigate its characteristics. The methods are described in detail, including its biochemical and biophysical principles, step-by-step process, data analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization. The coverage includes various cell, tissue, and animal models. Chapter 1 provides the foundations of cell biology of tight junction. Chapter 2 covers the Biochemical approaches for paracellular channels and is followed by chapter 3 providing the Biophysical approaches. Chapter 4 describes and discusses Histological approaches for tissue fixation and preparation. Chapter 5 discusses Light microscopy, while chapter 6 presents Electron microscopic approaches. Chapter 7 covers Transgenic manipulation in cell cultures, including DNA and siRNA, Mutagenesis, and viral infection. Chapter 8 covers transgenic manipulation in mice, including: Knockout, Knockin, siRNA knockdown, GFP/LacZ reporter, and overexpression. The final chapter discusses the future developments of new approaches for tight junction research. Researchers and advanced students in bioscience working on topics of cell junction, ion channel and membrane protein will benefit from the described methods. Clinicians and pathologists interested in tissue barrier diseases will also benefit from the biochemical and biophysical characterization of tight junctions in organ systems, and their connection to human diseases. Provides consistent and detailed research methods Covers various cell, tissue and animal models Includes step-by-step guidance from beginner to sophisticated levels
Author : George A. Gerencser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1603272291
Total Pages : 493 pages
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Download or read book Epithelial Transport Physiology written by George A. Gerencser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological cell membranes regulate the transfer of matter and information between the intracellular and extracellular compartments as basic survival and maintenance functions for an organism. This volume contains a series of reviews that are c- cerned with how epithelial plasma membranes regulate the transport of solutes between the intracellular and extracellular compartments of a cell. This book is also an attempt to analyze the molecular basis for the movement of various solutes across an epithelial cell membrane. This volume is devoted to a diversity of epithelial transport mechanisms in rep- sentative cell membranes of a variety of living things. The ?rst section of the book (Chapters 1–6) focuses on mechanisms of solute transport in epithelia of inver- brates. The last section which comprises ten chapters (Chapters 7–16) deals with solute transporters in epithelial cell membranes of vertebrates. It is hoped that with this particular ordering the reader can glean a telescopic view of the evolutionary history of the various epithelial solute transporters.
Author : J. Bereiter-Hahn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642515932
Total Pages : 858 pages
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Download or read book Biology of the Integument written by J. Bereiter-Hahn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integument plays an important role in the survival of meta zoans by separating and protecting them from a hostile environ ment. Its function ranges from protection against injury and in fection; partlcipation in the regulation of body temperature and water balance, to respiratory activity, monitoring of the environ ment and production of signals related to behaviour. All these result from specific structural, biochemical and physiological properties of intra-and extracellular components of the integu ment. Thus its characterization can be best accomplished by a multidisciplinary approach with authors specialized in different fields of science. This multi-author book, in two volumes, provides an up-to date survey of the literature. The first volume deals with the integument of invertebrates, the second with that of vertebrates, both organized primarily on a phylum basis. As the level of knowledge on the integument of phyla differs considerably, the information provided is correspondingly either limited or con densed. For some of the smaller groups of invertebrates little information is available, as often only a few electron micrographs are to be found in the literature; on the other hand, from the large body of knowledge existing for vertebrates, particularly for mammals, no complete overview can be provided, but publica tions giving access to further information have been reviewed critically.
Author : C. Yan Cheng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461447119
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Biology and Regulation of Blood‐Tissue Barriers written by C. Yan Cheng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by many outstanding investigators who have spent decades to study different aspects of blood‐tissue barrier function. They have summarized some of the latest and fascinating development in their fields of research including the blood‐brain barrier, the blood‐retinal barrier, the gut barrier, the blood‐biliary barrier, the blood‐follicle barrier, the blood‐epididymis barrier, the blood‐testis barrier, the tight junction barrier in general as well as barriers in the female reproductive tract. Included are also chapters that focus on topics that are physiologically applicable to all blood‐tissue barriers. Many of these chapters also include information on specific human diseases, such as pathological changes of the gut barrier that cause bowel disorders resulting from inflammation of the epithelial lining in the intestine, and infertility in men as a result of disruption of the blood‐epididymal and/or blood‐testis barriers; and on new therapeutic approaches (e.g., drug delivery across the blood‐brain and the blood‐retinal barriers).
Author : David Ronan Raleigh
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ISBN 13 : 9781124049243
Total Pages : 159 pages
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Download or read book Tight Junction-associated Marvel Proteins: Characterization of Structure, Function, and Molecular Dynamics written by David Ronan Raleigh and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tight junction is a network of integral and peripheral membrane proteins that facilitate selective ion and solute flux across epithelial monolayers. The functions of some tight junction proteins have been defined, including the role of claudin family members in facilitating paracellular ion transport, and the crucial role of zonula occludens (ZO) family members in recruiting claudins to the tight junction. However, the function relevance of occludin, the first identified transmembrane component of the tight junction, is controversial. Here I provide evidence that a previously undefined family of tight junction-associated MARVEL proteins (TAMPs), composed of occludin, tricellulin, and the novel protein marvelD3, fulfill partially redundant but distinct functions. TAMPs are differentially expressed at the tight junction in a variety of epithelial organs, are required for efficient tight junction assembly, display distinct dynamic behaviors at bicellular and tricellular tight junctions, and are uniquely redistributed in an in vivo model of colitis. Furthermore, my data indicate that CK2-mediated phosphorylation of occludin, the most extensively characterized TAMP, induces molecular remodeling of the tight junction, and enhances paracellular ion flux across epithelial monolayers. In the absence of CK2 activity, occludin forms a complex with ZO-1 and claudin-2, increasing the dynamic behavior of both, and destabilizing the size- and charge-selective claudin-2 pores that facilitate paracellular flux. Conversely, occludin phosphorylation by CK2 promotes occludin self-assembly, and releases ZO-1 and claudin-2, which then collaborate to form cation-specific pores that reduce transepithelial resistance. These data, as well as the identification of marvelD3, provide a new framework with which to understand the contributions of the tight junction to epithelial biology.
Author : Michel Félétou
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1615041230
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Endothelium written by Michel Félétou and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The endothelium, a monolayer of endothelial cells, constitutes the inner cellular lining of the blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) and the lymphatic system, and therefore is in direct contact with the blood/lymph and the circulating cells. The endothelium is a major player in the control of blood fluidity, platelet aggregation and vascular tone, a major actor in the regulation of immunology, inflammation and angiogenesis, and an important metabolizing and an endocrine organ. Endothelial cells controls vascular tone, and thereby blood flow, by synthesizing and releasing relaxing and contracting factors such as nitric oxide, metabolites of arachidonic acid via the cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases and cytochrome P450 pathways, various peptides (endothelin, urotensin, CNP, adrenomedullin, etc.), adenosine, purines, reactive oxygen species and so on. Additionally, endothelial ectoenzymes are required steps in the generation of vasoactive hormones such as angiotensin II. An endothelial dysfunction linked to an imbalance in the synthesis and/or the release of these various endothelial factors may explain the initiation of cardiovascular pathologies (from hypertension to atherosclerosis) or their development and perpetuation. Table of Contents: Introduction / Multiple Functions of the Endothelial Cells / Calcium Signaling in Vascular Cells and Cell-to-Cell Communications / Endothelium-Dependent Regulation of Vascular Tone / Conclusion / References
