Epithelial Cell Interactions

Auteur

Seema Khurana is a Professor in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston. He is the author or coauthor of dozens of peer reviewed journal articles. He also edited a volume in the Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology book series devoted to the cytoskeleton.

Texte du rabat

This volume will describe a variety of methodologies employed for the study of epithelial cells. These methods include isolating primary cells and generate and maintain organoid cultures; culturing intestinal and renal epithelial cell lines; characterizing epithelial cell polarity and differentiation; and others.

Contenu

Cell Differentiation. Cell Polarity. Organoid cultures. Cell-Cell Interactions: Adheren junctions, Tight junctions, Desmosomes, gap junctions. Cell-matrix Interactions: Integrins, hemidesmosomes, extracellular matrix, cell attachment, cell spread. Tumor-Stromal interactions. Epithelial-mesenchymal-transition. Ion transporters and Ion Channels. Cytoskeletal changes in epithelial cells: trafficking, anchoring. Cell Signaling: including Cell Death Regulation.