International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Kwang Jeon received his Ph.D. in cell physiology at King’s College, University of London, UK, in 1964 and taught at SUNY Buffalo and University of Tennessee. His research was concerned with the biogenesis and function of cell components in two major areas: Integration of intracellular symbionts into host cells leading to the acquisition of new cell components and cell variation; Membrane-protein recycling during endo- and exocytosis.

Mast Cells in Nonmammalian Vertebrates 1. Introduction

2. Mammals

3. Nonmammalian Vertebrates

4. Summary and Perspectives

Control of Actin Assembly by the WH2 Domains and Their Multifunctional Tandem Repeats in Spire and Cordon-Bleu 1. Introduction

2. Individual WH2 Domain as a Disordered Protein Module Regulating Actin Assembly Dynamics

3. Regulation of Actin Assembly by WH2 Repeat Proteins, Spire and Cordon-Bleu

4. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

Role for Primary Cilia as Flow Detectors in the Cardiovascular System Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Primary Cilium

3. Biomechanics and the Cardiovascular System

4. Primary Cilia in the Cardiovascular System

5. Concluding Remarks

Retrograde Signaling Pathway from Plastid to Nucleus 1. Introduction

2. Historical Overview

3. Treatments Known to Affect Plastid Signaling

4. Tetrapyrroles

5. Redox and ROS in Plastid Signaling

6. Effects of Plastid Gene Expression and Protein Import on Nuclear Gene Expression

7. GUN Proteins and Plastid Signaling

8. Transcription Factors and Plastid Signaling

9. Interconnection Between Plastid Signaling and Other Signaling Pathways

10. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

New Insights into the Regulation of Vascular Permeability 1. Introduction

2. Endothelial Transport Pathways

3. Composition of IEJs

4. Signaling Mechanisms Increasing Paracellular Permeability

5. Signaling Mechanisms Restoring Normal Paracellular Permeability

6. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments