The Tight Junction and Its Proteins: More Than Just a Barrier : More Than Just a Barrier

• HerausgeberIn: Krug, Susanne M.
• Sonstige: Fromm, Michael; Krug, Susanne M.
• Année de publication: 2020
• Langue: English
• Description matérielle: 1 electronic resource (412 p.)

For a long time, the tight junction (TJ) was known to form and regulate the paracellular barrier between epithelia and endothelial cell sheets. Starting shortly after the discovery of the proteins forming the TJ—mainly the two families of claudins and TAMPs—several other functions have been discover...