Membrane Fluidity in Biology

Contributors

Preface

Contents of Other Volumes


1. Effects of Alcohols on Membrane Fluidity and Lipid Composition

I. Introduction

II. Effects of Alcohols on Membranes In Vitro

III. Chronic Effects of Ethanol

IV. Conclusions

References


2. Lipid Fluidity and Respiratory Distress Syndrome

I. Introduction

II. Pulmonary Surfactant in Normal Lungs

III. Pulmonary Surfactant in Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Premature Newborn Infant

IV. Summary

References


3. Membrane Fluidity in Normal and Malignant Lymphoid Cells

I. Introduction

II. Chemical Determinants and Physical Measurement of Membrane Fluidity

III. Membrane Fluidity in Relation to Differentiation and Proliferation

IV. Alterations in Lipid Fluidity in Leukemic Cell Membranes

V. Summary and Conclusions

References


4. The Relationship of Membrane Fluidity to Degenerative Muscular Diseases

I. Introduction

II. Membrane Structure and Function

III. Brief Description of Some of the Neuromuscular Disorders Studied

IV. Studies Related to Membrane Fluidity in Degenerative Neuromuscular Diseases

V. Conclusion

References


5. Membrane Fluidity and Membrane Receptor Function

I. Introduction

II. Specific Receptor and Hormone Systems

III. Summary and Conclusions

References


6. Membrane Perturbations in Atherosclerosis

I. Introduction

II. Arterial Ultrastructure and Atherosclerosis

III. The Role of the Endothelium

IV. Endothelial Permeability

V. Calcium Fluxes and Atherosclerosis

VI. Interrelationship Between Ca2+ and Other Ionic Gradients

VII. Progression of Atherosclerosis

VIII. Hypothesis on the Development of Atherosclerosis

IX. Membrane Modification in Atherosclerosis

References

Index