ABSTRACT
The ability to regulate cell volume in the face of osmotic challenge is one of the most fundamental of cellular homeostatic mechanisms. Cellular and Molecular Physiology of Cell Volume Regulation is an integrated collection of articles describing key aspects of cell volume control. The book has been organized around concepts and cellular/molecular processes rather than around mechanisms of volume regulation in specific cell types in order to make it more accessible to a multidisciplinary audience of students, instructors, and researchers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Part I|77 pages
Fundamental Principles and Physiological Roles of Cell Volume Regulation
part Part II|66 pages
Organic Osmolytes
chapter Chapter 7|10 pages
The Role and Regulation of Methylamines in the Response of Cells to Osmotic Stress
chapter Chapter 8|12 pages
Regulation of Intracellular Polyols and Sugars in Response to Osmotic Stress
part Part III|177 pages
Volume Sensing and Signal Transduction
chapter Chapter 11|10 pages
How an Epithelial Cell Swells Is a Determinant of the Signaling Pathways that Activate RVD
chapter Chapter 12|14 pages
Protein Phosphorylation Control in the Activity of Volume-Sensitive Transport Systems
chapter Chapter 15|19 pages
The Role of Calcium in the Control of Volume-Regulatory Transport Pathways
chapter Chapter 17|12 pages
Involvement of a G Protein in the Shrinkage-Induced Activation of Na-H Exchange in Barnacle Muscle Fibers
part Part IV|72 pages
Role of Gene Expression in Cell Volume Control
