Paracellular Channel Biology, Physiology, and Disease

ISBN-13: 9780128146354 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Division of Jianghui (Associate Professor of Medicine Hou

Spis treści

1. Introduction2. Paracellular Channel Formation3. Paracellular Channel Recording4. Paracellular Cation Channel5. Paracellular Anion Channel6. Paracellular Water Channel7. Paracellular Channel in Organ System8. Paracellular Channel in Human Disease9. Paracellular Channel as Drug Target10. Paracellular Channel Evolution11. 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.