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Molecular mechanisms of epithelial cell junctions
Molecular structure and function of invertebrate junctions -- Electron microscopic structure and evolution of epithelial junctions -- The roles of gap junctions in early development -- The role of cell adhesion and intercellular junctions during vertebrate early development -- The molecular composition of tight junctions.
Extracellular and intracellular regulation of junction assembly in epithelial cells -- Tight junctions : their modulation under physiological and pathological states -- Desmosomal cadherins and their cytoplasmic interactions -- The desmosomal plaque : role in attachment of intermediate filaments to the cell surface.
Structure and assembly of gap junctions -- Physiological and pharmacological regulation of gap junction channels -- Molecular organization of the plaque structure of cadherin-based cell-to-cell adherens junctions and its possible involvement in tumorigenesis and metastasis -- The role of E-cadherin mediated cell adhesion in tumor metastasis -- Molecular mechanisms of pemphigus diseases.
Molecular mechanisms of keratin gene disorders and other bullous diseases of the skin -- Role of integrins in cell-substratum attachment and polarity of normal and neoplastic epithelial cells.
Includes bibliographical references and index.