| View Larger Image | Epithelial Morphogenesis in Development and Disease (Cell Adhesion and Communication) | Hardcoverby Walter Birchmeier (Author), Carmen Birchmeier (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | CRC | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 496 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 23, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 1,880,774st |
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Bringing together a series of articles on the structural, functional, and developmental characteristics of epithelia, this volume represents a timely and valuable contribution to a growing field of study. Divided into three sections, the first part highlights the typical features of epithelia that can be understood in molecular terms: adhesive properties, interactions with neighboring cells and with the extracellular matrix, epithelial transport, and epithelial-specific gene regulation.The first cell types that emerge during development already show epithelial characteristics. The second section describes the generation and morphogenesis of the first epithelia, molecular control of epithelial-mesenchymal conversions (mesoderm formation) as well as molecular characteristics of mesenchymal-epithelial interactions.Defects in epithelial function and growth control play a major role in human disease, e.g., skin pathologies, and in the development of carcinomas which comprise more than 90% of huma |
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