Chapter 1<br>Water compartments in cells<br>Gary D. Fullerton, Ivan L. Cameron<br><br>Chapter 2<br>Yeast osmoregulation<br>Stefan Hohmann, Marcus Krantz, Bodil Nordlander<br><br>Chapter 3<br>Physiological Analysis of Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channels<br>Ian R Booth, Michelle D Edwards, Susan Black, Ulrike Schumann, Wendy Bartlett, Tim Rasmussen, Akiko Rasmussen & Samantha Miller<br><br>Chapter 4<br>Control of Cell Cycle in Response to Osmostress : Lessons from Yeast<br>Josep Clotet and Francesc Posas<br><br>Chapter 5<br>Bacterial Osmosensing Transporters <br>Janet M. Wood<br><br>Chapter 6<br>Plant Gene Networks in Osmotic Stress Response: from genes to regulatory networks<br>Lam-Son Phan Tran, Kazuo Nakashima, Kazuo Shinozak, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki<br><br>Chapter 7<br>Osmosensing by integrins in rat liver<br>Freimut Schliess, Dieter Häussinger<br><br>Chapter 8<br>Hyperosmotic activation of the CD95 system<br>Roland Reinehr, Dieter Häussinger<br><br>Chapter 9<br>New Approaches for Determining Apoptotic Volume Decrease (AVD) in Cells<br>Carl D. Bortner, Maria I. Sifre, John A. Cidlowski<br><br>Chapter 10<br>Transient Receptor Potential channels in mechanosensing and cell volume regulation<br>Stine Falsig Pedersen, Bernd Nilius<br><br>Chapter 11<br>Cell volume regulatory ion channels in cell proliferation and cell death<br>Florian Lang, Michael Föller, Karl Lang, Philipp Lang, Markus Ritter, Alexey Vereninov, Ildiko Szabo, Stephan M. Huber, Erich Gulbins<br><br>Chapter 12<br>Actin Cytoskeleton Architecture and Signaling in Osmosensing<br>Evangelia A. Papakonstanti, Christos Stournaras<br><br>Chapter 13<br>Osmotic stress and DNA damage<br>Natalia I. Dmitrieva, Maurice B. Burg<br><br>Chapter 14<br>Transcriptional activator TonEBP in cellular protection and differentiation<br>Jeong Ah Kim, Un Sil Jeon, Min Seong Kwon, Sun Woo Lim, H. Moo Kwon<br><br>Chapter 15<br>Desiccation Response of Mammalian Cells: Anhydrosignalling<br>Zebo Huang, Alan Tunnacliffe<br><br>Chapter 16<br>Tonicity-regulated gene expression<br>Joan Ferraris, Maurice B. Burg<br><br>Chapter 17<br>Hyperosmotic Induction of MAP Kinase Scaffolding<br>Thomas L. Hilder, Michael H. Malone, Gary L. Johnson<br><br>Chapter 18 (Not here yet, title confirmed)<br>Osmoregulation of bile formation<br>Ralf Kubitz, Dieter Häussinger<br><br>Chapter 19<br>Osmosignaling And Volume Regulation In Intestinal Epithelial Cells<br>Christina H. Lim, G. M. Bot, Hugo R. de Jonge, Ben C. Tilly<br><br>Chapter 20<br>Osmotic regulation of cellular glucose uptake<br>Philippe Gual, Teresa. Gonzalez, Thierry Greameaux, Yannick Le Marchand-Brustel, Jean-Francois Tanti<br><br>Chapter 21<br>Effects of osmolytes on protein folding in cells<br>Zoya Ignatova, Lila M. Gierasch<br><br>Chapter 22<br>Simulations of Macromolecules in Protective and Denaturing Osmolytes: Properties of Mixed Solvent Systems and their Effects on Water and Protein Structure and Dynamics<br>David A. C. Beck, Brian J. Bennion, Darwin O. V. Alonso, Valerie Daggett<br><br>Chapter 23<br>Application of the Transfer Model to Understand How Naturally Occurring Osmolytes Affect Protein Stability<br>Matthew Auton, David W. Bolen<br><br>Chapter 24<br>Mechanisms of high salinity tolerance in plants<br>Narendra Tuteja<br><br>Chapter 25<br>Phenotype of the taurine transporter knockout mouse<br>Ulrich Warskulat, Birgit-Heller-Stilb, Evelyn Oermann, Karl Zilles, Helmut Haas, Florian Lang<br>Dieter Häussinger<br><br>Chapter 26<br>Molecular basis of osmolyte effects on protein and metabolites<br>Jörg Rösgen<br><br>Chapter 27<br>Methods of Changing Biopolymer Volume Fraction and Cytoplasmic Solute Concentrations for In Vivo Biophysical Studies<br>Michael C. Konopka, James C. Weisshaar, M. Thomas Record, Jr.<br><br>Chapter 28<br>Characterization of Plant Aquaporins<br>Ralf Kaldenhoff, Adam Bertl, Beate Otto, Menachem Moshelion, Norbert Uehlein<br><br>Chapter 29 <br>Aquaporins<br>Landon S. King<br><br>Chapter 30 <br>Physiology and pathophysiology of renal aquaporins<br>Soren Nielsen