Cell Volume Regulation

<p>Section 1. General Principles of Cell Volume Regulation<br>1. Water Homeostasis and Cell Volume Maintenance and Regulation<br>Eric Delpire and Kenneth B. Gagnon <br>2. Search for Upstream Cell Volume Sensors: The Role of Plasma Membrane and Cytoplasmic Hydrogel<br>Sergei N. Orlov, Aleksandra Shiyan, Francis Boudreault, Olga Ponomarchuk, and Ryszard Grygorczyk<br>3. Cytoskeletal Contribution to Cell Stiffness Due to Osmotic Swelling; Extending the Donnan Equilibrium<br>Pei-Chuan Chao, Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, and Frederick Sachs <br>4. Membrane Stiffening in Osmotic Swelling: Analysis of Membrane Tension and Elastic Modulus<br>Manuela A.A. Ayee and Irena Levitan<br>5. Molecular Identities and ATP Release Activities of Two Types of Volume-Regulatory Anion Channels, VSOR and Maxi-Cl<br>Yasunobu Okada, Toshiaki Okada, Md. Rafiqul Islam, and Ravshan Z. Sabirov<br>6. Molecular Biology and Physiology of LRRC8 Volume-Regulated Anion Channel (VRAC)<br>James Osei-Owusu, Junhua Yang, Maria del Carmen Vitery, and Zhaozhu Qiu</p> <p>Section 2. Regulation of Intracellular Chloride and Water Homeostasis<br>7. Role of WNK Kinases in the Modulation of Cell Volume<br>Paola de los Heros, Diana Pacheco-Alvarez, and Gerardo Gamba <br>8. Intracellular Macromolecules in Cell Volume Control and Methods of Their Quantification<br>Michael A. Model M.A. and Jonathan C. Petruccelli</p> <p>Section 3. Cell Volume Regulation in the Airways <br>9. Slippery When Wet: Airway Surface Liquid Homeostasis and Mucus Hydration<br>Megan J. Webster and Robert Tarran <br>10. Physiology of the Gut: Experimental Models for Investigating Intestinal Fluid and Electrolyte Transport<br>Isha Dey and Neil A. Bradbury</p> <p>Section 4. Cell Volume Regulation in the Brain<br>11. Cell Volume Control in Healthy Brain and Neuropathologies<br>Corinne S. Wilson and Alexander A. Mongin <br>12. Cytotoxic Swelling of Sick Excitable Cells – Impaired Ion Omeostasis and Membrane Tension Homeostasis in Muscle and Neuron<br>Catherine E. Morris </p>