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Epithelial Transport Physiology

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. George A. Gerencser

    1. College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

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  • The diversity of organisms from invertebrate to vertebrate telescopes possible evolutionary trends in a given transport process
  • The diversity of transporters in various animal epithelia inductively traces the adaptive response of the specific animal in regards to its environmental pressures
  • Speculation as to how epithelial transporters came to exist after the "Big Bang" created our universe
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Chloride ATPase Pumps in Epithelia

    • George A. Gerencser
    Pages 1-28

  3. Divalent Anion Transport in Crustacean and Molluscan Gastrointestinal Epithelia

    • George A. Gerencser, Gregory A. Ahearn
    Pages 29-47

  4. Heavy Metal Transport and Detoxification by Crustacean Epithelial Lysosomes

    • Gregory A. Ahearn, Kenneth M. Sterling, Prabir K. Mandal, Barbara Roggenbeck
    Pages 49-71

  5. Epithelial Calcium Transport in Crustaceans: Adaptation to Intrinsic and Extrinsic Stressors

    • Michele G. Wheatly, Yongping Gao, Christopher M. Gillen
    Pages 73-90

  6. The Cellular Basis of Extreme Alkali Secretion in Insects: A Tale of Two Tissues

    • David F. Moffett, Horst Onken
    Pages 91-112

  7. H+, Na+, K+, and Amino Acid Transport in Caterpillar and Larval Mosquito Alimentary Canal

    • William R. Harvey, Bernard A. Okech
    Pages 113-148

  8. CFTR-Dependent Anion Transport in Airway Epithelia

    • J.W. Hanrahan
    Pages 149-164

  9. Sulfate and Phosphate Transporters in Mammalian Renal and Gastrointestinal Systems

    • Daniel Markovich
    Pages 165-193

  10. Role of H+-K+ ATPase, Na+-K+-2Cl− and Na+-Cl−-HCO3 − Transporters in Vertebrate Small Intestine

    • John F. White
    Pages 195-224

  11. The H+- and H+, K+-ATPases of the Collecting Duct

    • Brian D. Cain, Michelle L. Gumz, Deborah L. Zies, Amanda K. Welch
    Pages 225-243

  12. Acid/Base Regulation in Renal Epithelia by H,K-ATPases

    • I. Jeanette Lynch, Charles S. Wingo
    Pages 245-270

  13. Sodium Transport Mechanisms in the Mammalian Nephron

    • Michelle L. Gumz, Lisa R. Stow, Shen-Ling Xia
    Pages 271-297

  14. Renal Acid–Base Regulation Via Ammonia Transport in Mammals

    • I. David Weiner
    Pages 299-321

  15. Hexose Transport Across Mammalian Epithelia

    • Chris I. Cheeseman
    Pages 323-352

  16. Amino Acid Transport by Epithelial Membranes

    • Bruce R. Stevens
    Pages 353-378

  17. Molecular Ontology of Amino Acid Transport

    • Dmitri Y. Boudko
    Pages 379-472

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 473-488
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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.

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From the reviews:

“Gerencser calls attention to the universality of transport protein functions across invertebrate and vertebrate taxa in Epithelial Transport Physiology. … this volume will be a resource for researchers who require working knowledge of the transporters and processes that have been covered. This textbook has the potential to enhance graduate-level classes with permissively extensive curricula. Without doubt, the transcendental view of transport physiology that Gerencser has presented will appeal to the curiosity of erudite physiologists and this volume will be a valuable addition to their collections.” (Jason R. Rock, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 86 (4), December, 2011)

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  • College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

    George A. Gerencser

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