A Laboratory Guide to the Tight Junction

ISBN-13: 9780128186473 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Jianghui Hou

Spis treści

1. Introduction2. Biochemical approaches for tight junction3. Biophysical approaches for tight junction4. Histological approaches for tight junction5. Light microscopy for tight junction6. Electron microscopy for tight junction7. Cell models of tight junction biology8. Mouse models of tight junction physiology9. Perspective

O autorze

Jianghui Hou is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, at Washington University Saint Louis. Hou received his bachelors in biochemistry from Nanjing University, China. He received Master (with distinction) and Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Dr. Hou did his postdoc in cell biology at Harvard Medical School. He has been at Washington University since 2009. Dr. Hou is a renowned expert in studying tight junctions in different tissues, has published a number of high-profile papers in this field, and has recently pioneered a novel approach for high-resolution measurement of the tight junction permeability.