Plasma Membrane Repair

Lysosomes and Membrane Function, Volume 84 in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Parasite invasion and PMR, Actin dynamics and myosin contractility during plasma membrane repair: Does one ring really heal them all?, The role of intercellular signaling in cell membrane repair, Role of lipids in plasma membrane repair, Lysosomes and plasma membrane repair, Alveolar epithelial cell membrane integrity: a venerable target in the lung, Conservative evolution of natural versus artificial PEG-induced mechanisms of PMR in eukaryotes, and more.

Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Membranes seriesUpdated release includes the latest information on lysosomes and membrane function

1. Parasite invasion and PMR Luciana Andrade 2. Actin dynamics and myosin contractility during plasma membrane repair: does one ring really heal them all? Craig Mandato 3. The role of intercellular signaling in cell membrane repair Tatsuru Togo 4. Role of lipids in plasma membrane repair Jyoti K. Jaiswal 5. Lysosomes and Plasma Membrane Repair Thiago Castro-Gomes 6. Alveolar epithelial cell membrane integrity: a venerable target in the lung Xialoi Zhao 7. Conservative evolution of natural versus artificial PEG-induced mechanisms of PMR in eukaryotes George Bittner 8. Ion channels and PMR Catherine E. Morris 9. Annexins in plasma membrane repair Volker Gerke