Functional Ultrastructure

Introduction.- The Nucleus.- The Cytoplasm: The Secretory System.- The Cytoplasm: The Endocytic System.- The Cytoplasm: Lysosomes and Lysosomal Disorders.- The Cytoplasm: Autophagy.- The Cytoplasm: Mitochondria and Structural Abnormalities.- The Cytoplasm: Peroxisomes and Peroxisomal Diseases.- The Cytoplasm: Paraplasmic Inclusions.- The Cytoplasm: Cytoskeleton.- The Plasma Membrane and Cell Surface Specializations.- Membrane Contact Sites.- Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Contacts and Disorders.- Secretory Epithelia.- Resorptive Epithelia.- Sensory Epithelia.- Stratified Epithelia.- Epithelium of the Respiratory Tract.- Urothelium.- Endothelia.- Glomerulus and Disorders.- Connective Tissue.- Adipose Tissue.- Cartilage.- Bone.- Skeletal Muscle and Dystrophies and Myopathy.- Cardiac Muscle.- Smooth Muscle.- Nerve Tissue and Disorders.- Peripheral Blood.

Professor Margit Pavelka, MDStudies in Medicine at the University of Vienna.Medical training at the Vienna Hospital "Rudolfstiftung" and at the Vienna General Hospital; specialization in Internal MedicineResident at the Institute of Micromorphology and Electron Microscopy, University of Vienna; specialization in the fields of electron microscopy, cytochemistry, cytology and ultrastructural histology. Habilitation in Histology and EmbryologyProfessor of Histology and Embryology at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck and Medical University of Vienna. Head of the Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Medical University of Vienna. Emerita Professor since October 2013Professor Jürgen Roth, MD, PhD, MD hon.Studies in Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaResident, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaHabilitation and University Docent in Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, JenaResearch Associate, Department of Morphology, University of GenevaAssociate Professor of Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of BaselProfessor of Cell and Molecular Pathology, University of ZurichDistinguished Professor, Yonsei University Graduate School, SeoulEmeritus Professor, University of Zurich, since 2009Editor-in-Chief of Histochemistry and Cell BiologyIn 2013, The Journal of Cell Biology named Jürgen Roth: Immunogold master

"This is a collection of high-quality images correlated with comprehensive and detailed text to understand the ultrastructural organization of cells and several tissues. ... This book is appropriate for a broad range of audiences with the goal of providing them with information about the major role that ultrastructural analysis and novel methods such as FIB-SEM (focused ion beam-scanning electron microcopy) play in the field of cell and tissue biology and pathology." (Michele Fornaro, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)