Functional Ultrastructure (eBook)

Professor Margit Pavelka, MDStudies in Medicine at the University of Vienna.Medical training at the Vienna Hospital “Rudolfstiftung” and at the Vienna General Hospital; specialization in Internal MedicineResident at the Institute of Micromorphology and Electron Microscopy, University of Vienna; specialization in the fields of electron microscopy, cytochemistry, cytology and ultrastructural histology. Habilitation in Histology and EmbryologyProfessor of Histology and Embryology at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck and Medical University of Vienna. Head of the Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Medical University of Vienna. Emerita Professor since October 2013Professor Jürgen Roth, MD, PhD, MD hon.Studies in Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaResident, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaHabilitation and University Docent in Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaResearch Associate, Department of Morphology, University of GenevaAssociate Professor of Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of BaselProfessor of Cell and Molecular Pathology, University of ZurichDistinguished Professor, Yonsei University Graduate School, SeoulEmeritus Professor, University of Zurich, since 2009Editor-in-Chief of Histochemistry and Cell BiologyIn 2013, The Journal of Cell Biology named Jürgen Roth: Immunogold master

ToC of the 2nd edition: (ToC of the 3rd edition tba; will be extended with chapters on ear cells, clara cells, 3D REM microscopy, etc; all chapters will be revised and updated);The Cell.- Structural Organisation of a Mammalian Cell.- Architecture of the Cell Nucleus.- Cytochemical Detection of Ribonucleoproteins.- Nuclear Lamina.- Detection of Sites of NA Replication and of Interphase Chromosome domains.- Nucleolus.- Changes of the Nucleolar Architecture.- Detection of Sites of RNA Synthesis.- Nuclear Pore Complexes.- Nuclear Pore Complexes: Structural Changes as Monitored by Time-Lapse Atomic Force Microscopy.- Mitosis and Cell Division.- Apoptosis.- Viral Inclusions.- Secretory Pathway of Pancreatic Acinar Cells.- Endomembrane System of Dinoflagellates.- Ribosomes, Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.- Nuclear Envelope and Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.- Annulate Lamellae.- Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum: Site of Protein Translocation and Initiation of Protein N-Glycosylation.- Oligosaccharide Trimming, Reglucosylation, and Protein Quality Control in the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.- Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum: Storage Site of Aggregates of Misfolded Glycoproteins.- Russell Bodies and Aggresomes Represent Different Types of Protein Inclusion Bodies.- Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum.- Proliferation of the Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum.- Pre-Golgi Intermediates.- Pre-Golgi Intermediates: Oligosaccharide Trimming and Protein Quality control.- Golgi Apparatus: A Main Crossroads Along Secretory Pathways.- Protein Secretion Visualised by Immunoelectron Microscopy.- Protein N-Glycosylation: Oligosaccharide Trimming in the Golgi Apparatus and Pre-Golgi Intermediates.- Golgo Apparatus: Site of Maturation of Aspara Gine-Linked Oligo Saccharides.- Cell Type-Related Variations in the Topography of Golgi Apparatus Glycosylation Reactions.- Cell Type-Related Differences in Oligosaccharide Structure.- Topography of Biosynthesis of Serine/Threonine-Linked Oligosaccharides.- Golgi Apparatus and TGN — Structural Considerations.- Golgi Apparatus and TGN — Secretion and Endocytosis.- Golgi Apparatus, TGN and Trans Golgi-ER.- Golgi Apparatus, TGN and Trans Golgi-ER: Tilt Series.- Structure of the TGN.- Brefeldin A-Induced Golgi Apparatus Disassembly.- Brefeldin A-Treatment: Tubulation of Golgi Apparatus and Endosomes.- Brefeldin A-Treatment: Effect on Retrograde Transport of Internalised WGA.- Brefeldin A-Treatment: Transitional ER-Elements and Pre-Golgi Intermediates.- Heat Shock Response of the Golgi Apparatus.- Golgi Apparatus Changes Upon ATP-Depletion and ATP-Replenishment.- Secretory Granules.- Secretory Granule Types.- Goblet Cell — Compound Exocytosis.- Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis Via Clathrin-Coated Vesicles and Virus Endocytosis.- Endosomes and Endocytic Pathways.- Endocytic Trans Golgi Network and Retrograde Traffic into the Golgi Apparatus.- Tubular Pericentriolar Endosomes.- Langerhans Cells and Birbeck Granules: Antigen Presenting Dendritic Cells of the Epidermis.- Caveolae.- Fluid-Phase Endocytosis and Phagocytosis.- Lysosomes.- Lysosomes: Localisation of Acid Phosphatase, Lamp and Polylactosamine.- I-Cell Disease.- Gaucher’s disease.- Fabry’s Disease.- GM2 Gangliosidoses.- Farber’s Disease.- Wolman’s Disease.- Glycogenosis Type II.- Cystinosis.- Autophagy: Limited Self-Digestion.- Pexophagy: Autophagy of Peroxisomes.- Mitochondria: Crista and Tubulus Types.- Abnormalities of Mitochondria.- Peroxisomes: Multitalented Organelles.- Peroxisome Biogenesis.- Peroxisomes: Adaptive Changes.- Peroxisomal Disorders.- Glycogen.- Glycogenosis Type I.- Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.- Cytocentre, Centrosome, and Microtubules.- Effects of Microtubule Disruption.- Actin Filaments.- Intermediate Filaments.- Mallory Bodies.- The Plasma Membrane.- Cells in Culture.- Brush Cell.- Glycocalyx (Cell Coat).- Glycocalyx: Cell Type Specificity and Domains.- Glycocalyx Changes in Tumours.- Junctional Complex.- Tight Junctions and Gap Junctions.- Tunneling Nanotubes.- Spot Desmosomes.- Selectin — Ligand-Mediated Cell-Cell Interaction.- Cellular Interdigitations.- Basal Labyrinth.- Basement Membrane.- Glomerular Basement Membrane.- Alport’S Syndrome (Hereditary Nephritis).- Descemet’s Membrane.- Skin Basement Membrane and Keratinocyte Hemidesmosomes: An Epithel-Connective Tissue Junctional Complex.- Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex.- Principles of Tissue Organisation.- Pancreatic Acinus.- Acinar Centre: Acinar and Centroacinar Cells.- Pancreatic Intercalated Duct.- Submandibular Gland.- Goblet Cells — Unicellular Glands.- Parietal Cells of Stomach: Secretion of Acid.- Intercalated Cells of Kidney: Important Regulators of Acid-Base Balance.- Endocrine Secretion: Insulin-Producing Beta Cells of Islets of Langerhans.- Impaired Insulin Processing in Human Insulinoma.- Cells of the Disseminated Endocrine System.- Liver.- Liver: Hepatocytes, Kupffer cell, Cell of Ito.- Liver Epithelium: Bile Canaliculi.- Liver Epithelium: Pathway of Secretory Lipoprotein Particles.- Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis.- Choroid Plexus Ependyma.- Small Intestine: Absorptive Cells.- Small Intestine: Pathway of Lipids.- Renal Proximal Tubule: A Reabsorption Plant.- Parathyroid Hormone Response of Renal Proximal Tubules.- Photoreceptor Cells of the Retina: Signalling of Light.- Photoreceptor Cells of the Retina: Light-Induced Apoptosis.- Olfactory Epithelium.- Corneal Epithelium.- Epidermis.- Differentiation of Keratinocytes and Formation of the Epidermal Fluid Barrier.- The Tracheo-Bronchial Epithelium.- Ciliary Pathology: Immotile Cilia Syndrome and Kartagener Syndrome.- Alveoli: Gas Exchange and Host Defense.- Umbrella Cell — Surface Specialisations.- Umbrella Cell — Fusiform Vesicles.- Continuous Capillary, Weibel-Palade Bodies.- Hyaline Arteriolosclerosis.- Fenestrated Capillary.- Endothelio-Pericyte and Endothelio-Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions.- Glomerulus: A Specialised Device for Filtering.