Molecular structure and function of the tight junction
Subtitle: from basic mechanisms to clinical manifestations
By: edited by Michael Fromm and Jörg-Dieter Schulzke
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1165; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1165.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781573317498
Notes: "This volume is the result of a conference, entitled Molecular Structure and Function of the Tight Junction: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Manifestations, held on April 25-27, 2008 ... in Berlin Germany."--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Tight junctions: molecular structure meets function; title: Molecular structure and function of the tight junction. Proceedings of an international conference dedicated to the memory of Shoichiro Tsukita. April 25-27, 2008. Berlin, Germany; title: The life and work of Shoichiro Tsukita; title: Mechanisms of outside-in signaling at the tight junction by junctional adhesion molecule A; title: The oligomerization of the coiled coil-domain of occludin is redox sensitive; title: Vertebrate animal models unravel physiological roles for zonula occludens tight junction adaptor proteins; title: Structure and function of extracellular claudin domains; title: Roles of ZO-1 and ZO-2 in establishment of the belt-like adherens and tight junctions with paracellular permselective barrier function; title: Molecular basis for cation selectivity in claudin-2-based pores; title: The role of claudin-based tight junctions in morphogenesis; title: Occludin phosphorylation in regulation of epithelial tight junctions; title: Differential phosphorylation of occludin and tricellulin by CK2 and CK1; title: High-resolution analysis of barrier function; title: Claudin-2-dependent changes in noncharged solute flux are mediated by the extracellular domains and require attachment to the PDZ-scaffold; title: The tight junction protein cingulin regulates gene expression and RhoA signaling; title: Modification of tight junction structure and permeability by nutritional means; title: Zonula occludens-1 and -2 are cytosolic scaffolds that regulate the assembly of cellular junctions; title: The tight junction protein ZO-2 blocks cell cycle progression and inhibits cyclin D1 expression; title: Analysis of claudin genes in pediatric patients with Bartter's syndrome; title: Mechanisms of epithelial cell shedding in the Mammalian intestine and maintenance of barrier function; title: Cysteine mutagenesis to study the structure of claudin-2 paracellular pores; title: Insights into driving forces and paracellular permeability from claudin-16 knockdown mouse; title: Claudin function in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop; title: Cadherin-mediated regulation of tight junctions in stratifying epithelia; title: Tight junctions and enteropathogenic E. coli; title: Modulation of intestinal barrier properties by probiotics: role in reversing colitis; title: Effect of probiotics on intestinal barrier function; title: Probiotic therapy in radiation-induced intestinal injury and repair; title: Tight junctions, intestinal permeability, and autoimmunity: celiac disease and type 1 diabetes paradigms; title: Corticotropin-releasing hormone and mast cells in the regulation of mucosal barrier function in the human colon; title: Tight junction proteins as channel formers and barrier builders; title: Dynamic regulation of epithelial cell fate and barrier function by intercellular junctions; title: Control of the blood-brain barrier by glucocorticoids and the cells of the neurovascular unit; title: Regulation of intestinal electroneutral sodium absorption and the brush border Na+/H+ exchanger by intracellular calcium; title: The role of the NHERF family of PDZ scaffolding proteins in the regulation of salt and water transport; title: Regulation of the intestinal anion exchanger DRA (downregulated in adenoma); title: Barrier effects of nutritional factors; title: Pathways of gliadin transport in celiac disease; title: A new insight into pathophysiological mechanisms of zinc in diarrhea; title: Mechanisms of diarrhea in inflammatory bowel diseases; title: Epithelial tight junctions in intestinal inflammation; title: Mechanisms of tight junction dysregulation in the SAMP1/YitFc model of Crohn's disease-like ileitis; title: The role of JAM-A in inflammatory bowel disease: unrevealing the ties that bind; title: No static at all; title: Lymphoepithelial interactions: a new paradigm; title: Metabolic stress evokes decreases in epithelial barrier function; title: Enteral versus parenteral nutrition: effect on intestinal barrier function.