Physiology of Membrane Disorders

I: The Nature of Biological Membranes.- 1: The Anatomy of Biological Interfaces.- 2: Dynamics of Lipids in Biomembranes.- 3: Membrane Proteins: Structure and Arrangement in the Membrane.- II: Methods for Studying Membranes.- 4: The Nature and Limitations of Electron Microscopic Methods in Biology.- 5: Isolation and Characterization of Biological Membranes.- 6: Ultraviolet Absorption, Circular Dichroism, and Optical Rotatory Dispersion in Biomembrane Studies.- 7: Mathematical Models of Membrane Transport Processes.- 8: Tracers in the Study of Membrane Processes.- 9: Principles of Water and Nonelectrolyte Transport across Membranes.- 10: Principles of Electrical Methods for Studying Membrane Movements of Ions.- 11: Lipid Bilayer Membranes: Their Permeability Properties as Related to Those of Cell Membranes.- III: General Problems in Membrane Biology.- 12: Ion Selectivity in Membrane Permeation.- 13: Electrically Neutral Ion Transport in Biomembranes.- 14: Na and K Transport in Red Blood Cells.- 15: Ion-Coupled Transport across Biological Membranes.- 16: The Provision of Cellular Metabolic Energy for Active Ion Transport.- 17: Regulation of Cellular Volume.- 18: Cell-to-Cell Communication: Permeability, Formation, Genetics, and Functions of the Cell-Cell Membrane Channel.- 19: Genes and Membranes.- 20: Membrane Immunology and Permeability Functions.- 21: The Interaction of Hormones with Biological Membranes.- 22: Modification of Membrane Function by Drugs.- IV: Transport Events in Specialized Cells, Tissues, and Organs.- 23: Processing of Exportable Proteins: Structure-Function Correlates and Role of Cellular Membranes.- 24: Lactose Transport in Escherichia coli.- 25: Some General Properties of Excitable Tissues.- 26: Ion Movements in Skeletal Muscle in Relation to the Activation of Contraction.- 27: Excitable Tissues: The Heart.- 28: Ion and Water Transport in Gastric Mucosa.- 29: Ion Transport by Gastric Mucosa.- 30: The Uptake of Lipids into the Intestinal Mucosa.- 31: The Regulation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Mammalian Kidneys.- 32: The Proximal Nephron.- 33: Transport Characteristics of the Loop of Henle.- 34: Transport Functions of the Distal Convoluted Tubule.- 35: The Collecting Duct.- 36: Renal Hemodynamic Factors and the Regulation of Sodium Excretion.- V: Clinical Disorders of Membrane Transport Processes.- 37: Disorders of Ion Transport in Red Blood Cells.- 38: Inherited Membrane Disorders of Muscle: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy.- 39: Disorders of Muscle Membranes: The Periodic Paralyses.- 40: The Anatomical Basis for Cardiac Rhythm and Conduction.- 41: Cholera Toxin, Adenylate Cyclase and the Process of Active Secretion in the Small Intestine: The Pathogenesis of Diarrhea in Cholera.- 42: Malabsorption Syndromes.- 43: Mechanisms of Calcium Absorption: A Reappraisal.- 44: Cystic Fibrosis.- 45: Uremia: Strategies in the Search for Toxins.- 46: Disorders of Glomerular Filtration.- 47: Cellular Defects in Urinary Acidification and Renal Tubular Acidosis.- 48: Cystinosis and the Fanconi Syndrome.- 49: Renal Tubular Defects in Phosphate and Amino Acid Transport.- 50: The Polyuric Syndromes.- 51: Ischemia and Disturbances in Cell Volume Regulation.