The concept of signal transduction is now long established as a central tenet of biological sciences. Since the inception of the field close to fifty years ago, the number and variety of signal transduction pathways, cascades and networks have steadily increased and now constitute what is often regarded as a bewildering array of mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to extracellular and intracellular environmental stimuli. It is not an exaggeration to state that virtually every cell function is dependent on the detection, amplification and integration of these signals. Moreover, there is increasing appreciation that in a many disease states, aspects of signal transduction are critically perturbed.
Our knowledge of how information is conveyed and processed through these cellular molecular circuits and biochemical switches has increased enormously in scope and complexity since this series was initiated fifteen years ago. Such advances would not have been possible without the supplementation of older technologies, drawn chiefly from cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology, with newer methods that make use of sophisticated genetic approaches as well as structural biology, imaging, bioinformatics and systems biology analysis.
The overall theme of this series continues to be the presentation of the wealth of up to date research methods applied to the many facets of signal transduction. Each volume is assembled by one or more editors who are pre-eminent in their specialty. In turn, the guiding principle for editors is to recruit chapter authors who will describe procedures and protocols with which they are intimately familiar in a reader-friendly format. The intent is to assure that each volume will be of maximum practical value to a broad audience, including students and researchers just entering an area, as well as seasoned investigators.
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By Michael Xi Zhu
December 12, 2024
The field of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels has gained momentum in recent years not only because of the award of 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, but also because of the ...
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By Shyam S. Bansal
May 27, 2024
Inflammation, once considered a physiological response to foreign pathogens, is now recognized as a crucial pathological player in the initiation and progression of several chronic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and many others. Considering ...
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By Yutong Zhao
February 20, 2024
The lungs are the organ for gas exchange between the body and the external environment. Dysfunction of upper airway epithelium and smooth muscle cells leads to pathogenesis of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, and other conditions, resulting in airway ...
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By Xu Tian-le, Long-Jun Wu
September 25, 2023
Ion channels generate bioelectricity. Recent findings have documented the biophysical properties, the structure, assembly and regulation, and function and dysfunction of nonclassical nervous system ion channels. This book reviews nonclassical ion channel research, ranging from the basic biology, ...
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By Qingchun Tong
June 26, 2023
This book focuses on neuron signaling in the regulation of metabolism and body weight, and especially on methods used in these studies. Obesity and related metabolic syndromes have reached epidemic status, but still are no effective strategies for prevention and treatment. Body weight homeostasis ...
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By Yubin Zhou, Kai Zhang
December 14, 2022
Optogenetics represents a breakthrough technology capable of dynamically modulating molecular and cellular activity in live cells with high precision. This transformative technology made it possible to reversibly interrogate protein actions, cellular events, and animal behaviors with a simple flash...
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By Bruno Gasnier, Michael X. Zhu
June 02, 2020
Lysosomes are key subcellular organelles that regulate the cell function. Many of the essential activities of the cell are dependent on lysosomes. Dysfunction is linked to multiple diseases - storage disorders, neurodegeneration, immunological diseases and cancer. This book discusses concepts and ...
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By Qiu-Xing Jiang
April 07, 2020
New Techniques for Studying Biomembranes describes some of the latest methods used to investigate the dynamic distribution of specific lipids in membranes and their effects on other membrane components. The contributors present important discoveries with respect to lipid analysis and lipid ...
By Jinghua Hu, Yong Yu
November 14, 2019
This volume focuses on the investigatory methods applied to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), one of the most common human genetic diseases. ADPKD is caused by mutations in PKD1 and TRPP2, two integral membrane proteins that function as receptor/ion channels in primary cilia of ...
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By Mohamed Trebak, Scott Earley
September 11, 2018
All hollow organs, such as blood vessels, the gastrointestinal tract, airways, male and female reproductive systems, and the urinary bladder are primarily composed of smooth muscle. Such organs regulate flow, propulsion and mixing of luminal contents and storage by the contraction and relaxation of...
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By Esther Wong
September 14, 2017
Autophagy and Signaling is an up-to-date overview of the many signaling pathways regulating autophagy in response to different cellular needs. Discussion includes the status and future directions of autophagy signaling research with respect to different aspects of health and disease. These include ...
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By Eric J. Murphy, Eric Murphy, Thad Rosenberger, Thad A. Rosenberger
September 12, 2017
As the highly anticipated update to Lipid Second Messengers (CRC Press, 1999), Lipid-Mediating Signaling is a current and comprehensive overview of research methods used in lipid-mediated signal transduction. Pioneering experts provide a much-needed distillation of a decade’s worth of advances in ...