Transport Across Natural and Modified Biological Membranes and its Implications in Physiology and Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kulbacka, Julita (Editor), Satkauskas, Saulius (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 227
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Biology.

This book elucidates the mechanisms involved in biological membrane functions. It describes the new modalities and characterization for basic in vitro as well as computer models of biological membranes. Biological membranes are analyzed in terms of advances in molecular dynamics. The individual chap...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Atomistic Simulations of Electroporation of Model Cell Membranes
• 2. Role of Bioinformatics in the Study of Ionic Channels
• 3. Cell Membrane Transport Mechanisms: Ion Channels and Electrical Properties of Cell Membranes
• 4. Cell Membrane Electropulsation: Chemical Analysis of Cell Membrane Modifications and Associated Transport Mechanisms
• 5. Physical Methods for Drug and Gene Delivery Through  the Cell Plasma Membrane
• 6. Estrogen Receptors in Cell Membranes: Regulation and Signaling
• 7. How Imaging Membrane and Cell Processes Involved in Electropermeabilization Can Improve Its Development in Cell Biology and in Clinics
• 8. Analysis, Recognition, and Classification of Biological Membrane Images.