Mast Cell Biology

Mast Cell Biology
Author: Alasdair M. Gilfillan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1441995331

The editors of Mast Cell Biology, Drs. Gilfillan and Metcalfe, have enlisted an outstanding group of investigators to discuss the emerging concepts in mast cell biology with respect to development of these cells, their homeostasis, their activation, as well as their roles in maintaining health on the one hand and on the other, their participation in disease.

Problems of Cell Permeability

Problems of Cell Permeability
Author: A.S. Troshin
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483222616

Modern Trends in Physiological Science, Volume 26: Problem of Cell Permeability covers expounded sorptional theory of cell permerbeality. The problem of cell permeability deals with the questions connected with the laws of the entrance of substances from the surrounding medium into cells and the excretion from the latter of the products of intracellular metabolism. This book is composed of 12 chapters and begins with an overview of the chemical composition and structure of cell membrane, as well as the membrane theory of cell permeability. The next chapters treat the issues of cell’s osmometric activity and the physico-chemical properties of protoplasm as a system of coacervates. Considerable chapters are devoted to cell permeability for various substrates, such as non-electrolytes, organic acids, vital dyes, and mineral substances. The concluding chapters discuss the relationship between metabolism and cell permeability; the bioelectric properties of cell; and the protective action of non-electrolytes against live matter damage caused by dilute saline media. This book will be of value to cell biologists, biochemists, and research workers in cell permeability.

The Dynamics of Living Protoplasm

The Dynamics of Living Protoplasm
Author: L. V. Heilbrunn
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483271730

The Dynamics of Living Protoplasm provides an overview of the state of knowledge in the colloid chemistry of protoplasm that can help to interpret and explain some of the most puzzling and intriguing problems that physiologists have had to face. The book shows that there is now definite knowledge about the protoplasmic colloid, knowledge that provides a basis for an understanding of the mechanisms underlying vital activity. This knowledge is primarily of theoretical interest, but eventually it will help to solve problems of practical importance in the fields of human physiology, pharmacology, and pathology. The book opens with an introductory chapter on the study of protoplasm. This is followed by separate chapters on protoplasmic viscosity, protoplasmic gels, electrochemistry of the cell, the surface precipitation reaction, protoplasmic clotting, and muscular contraction. Subsequent chapters deal with the excitation of nerve, conduction and transmission, cell division and its suppression, stimulation and anesthesia, the colloidal theory of stimulation and anesthesia, and cellular homeostasis.

Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life

Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life
Author: Gerald H. Pollack
Publisher: Ebner and Sons Publishers
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This book challenges the current wisdom of how cells work. It emphasizes the role of cell water and the gel-like nature of the cell, building on these features to explore the mechanisms of communication, transport, contraction, division, and other essential cell functions. Written for the non-expert, the book is profound enough for biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers.--From publisher description.

Annals of Botany

Annals of Botany
Author: Isaac Bayley Balfour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 732
Release: 1921
Genre: Botany
ISBN:

Vols. 1-13 include Botanical necrology for 1887-89; vols. 1-4 include section called Record of current literature.