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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437623703321

Titolo

Biology and Regulation of Blood‑Tissue Barriers / / edited by C. Yan Cheng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-4711-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, , 0065-2598 ; ; 763

Disciplina

362.17

362.1783

Soggetti

Molecular biology

Medicine

Molecular Medicine

Biomedicine, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Regulation of Permeability Across the Blood‑Brain Barrier -- Drug Transporters at Brain Barriers: Expression and Regulation by Neurological Disorders -- The Blood‑Retina Barrier: Tight Junctions and Barrier Modulation -- The Inner Blood‑Retinal Barrier: Molecular Structure and Transport Biology -- Endothelial and Epithelial Barriers in Graft‑Versus‑Host Disease -- Structure and Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junctions: Current Concepts and Unanswered Questions -- Polarity Protein Complex Scribble/Lgl/Dlg and Epithelial Cell Barriers -- The Blood‑Biliary Barrier, Tight Junctions and Human Liver Diseases -- The Blood‑Follicle Barrier (Bfb) in Disease and in Ovarian Function -- Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Epithelial Barrier of the Female Reproductive Tract: Role of Ion Channels -- The Blood‑Epididymis Barrier and Human Male Fertility -- Blood‑Tissue Barriers: Morphofunctional and Immunological Aspects of the Blood‑Testis and Blood‑Epididymal Barriers -- Gap Junctions and Blood‑Tissue Barriers -- Transcriptional Regulation of Cell Adhesion at the Blood‑Testis Barrier and Spermatogenesis in the Testis -- c‑Src and c‑Yes are Two Unlikely Partners of Spermatogenesis and Their Roles in Blood‑Testis Barrier Dynamics -- Role of P‑Glycoprotein at the Blood‑Testis Barrier on



Adjudin Distribution in the Testis: a Revisit of Recent Data -- The Apical Ectoplasmic Specialization‑Blood‑Testis Barrier Functional Axis is a Novel Target for Male Contraception.

Sommario/riassunto

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).