Cellular Biology (Cytology)

This reference work presents the basic principles of angiogenesis induction, including the roles of signaling factors such as hypoxia-inducible fac...

This book examines the latest research developments in the field of basophil granulocytes, sometimes referred to as basophils, which are the least ...

In this book, the current understanding of the mechanisms of each beta cell toxins are reviewed, reported toxin resistant insulinoma or immortalise...

Bone mass is maintained by two specialised types of cells: bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Osteoclasts are tartrate-resist...

This book presents an overview of membrane organisation and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes. The topics analysed in this book cove...

This book is devoted to the study of physiological properties of a living axoplasm, which, as it turns out, is hardly studied as a single organ. Th...

Exosomes are small (30-100 nm diameter) membrane enclosed vesicles of endosomal origin, released by a variety of cell types, which are capable of t...

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are considered an important tool in tissue engineering due to their multilineage potential in vitro as in vivo bey...

Astrocytes, the most prevalent type of cell found in the brain, are glial cells that play a critical role in the support and maintenance of homeost...

An action potential (or nerve impulse) is a transient alteration of the transmembrane voltage (or membrane potential) across an excitable membrane ...

This book examines the latest research developments in the study of the production, types and roles in disease of granulocytes. Topics include the ...

In this book, the authors review the effects of uPAR on the actin, intermediate filaments and microtubules that constitute the cell cytoskeleton, a...

Molecular chaperones are a ubiquitous class of proteins that play important roles in protein folding and in the protection of cells from several st...

Free radicals are molecules, ions, or atoms with unpaired electrons in their outermost shell of electrons. Although it is a relatively recent disco...

The Golgi apparatus is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. The primary function of the Golgi apparatus is to process and package macromole...

The ability to observe the world around us through sight provides us with many advantages we may take for granted daily. We are able to recognise a...

Alpha-synuclein is a synuclein protein of unknown function primarily found in neural tissue, making up as much as 1% of all proteins in the cytosol...

Signal transduction plays a pivotal role in cell regulation. Hormones, cytokines and neurotransmitters bind to their specific receptors in the plas...