Organelle Contact Sites

1. Organelle Communication at Membrane Contact Sites (MCS): From Curiosity to Center Stage in Cell Biology and Biomedical Research
Thomas Simmen, Mitsuo Tagaya

2. Over Six Decades of Discovery and Characterization of the Architecture at Mitochondria-Associated Membranes (MAMs)
Maria Sol Herrera-Cruz, Thomas Simmen

3. Regulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics and Autophagy by the Mitochondria-Associated Membrane
Mitsuo Tagaya, Kohei Arasaki

4. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Communication Through Ca2+ Signaling: The Importance of Mitochondria-Associated Membranes (MAMs)
Saverio Marchi, Mart Bittremieux, Sonia Missiroli, Claudia Morganti, Simone Patergnani, Luigi Sbano, Alessandro Rimessi, Martijn Kerkhofs, Jan B. Parys, Geert Bultynck, Carlotta Giorgi, Paolo Pinton

5. Ceramide Transport from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Trans Golgi Region at Organelle Membrane Contact Sites
Kentaro Hanada

6. Endoplasmic Reticulum – Plasma Membrane Crosstalk Mediated by the Extended Synaptotagmins
Yasunori Saheki

7. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Contacts Regulate Cellular Excitability
Eamonn J. Dickson

8. The Lipid Droplet and the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Yuki Ohsaki, Kamil Sołtysik, Toyoshi Fujimoto

9. Role of Intra- and Inter-mitochondrial Membrane Contact Sites in Yeast Phospholipid Biogenesis
Yasushi Tamura, Toshiya Endo

10. Discovery and Roles of ER-Endolysosomal Contact Sites in Disease
William Mike Henne

11. Alzheimer Disease
Estela Area-Gomez, Eric A. Schon

12. Mitochondrial-Associated Membranes in Parkinson’s Disease
Nobutaka Hattori, Taku Arano, Taku Hatano, Akio Mori, Yuzuru Imai

13. Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Communication in Type 2 Diabetes
Jennifer Rieusset

14. Mitochondria–Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites Mediate Innate Immune Responses
Takuma Misawa, Michihiro Takahama, Tatsuya Saitoh

15. Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Tetsuro Suzuki

16. Hijacking of Membrane Contact Sites by Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens
Isabelle Derré

17. Alterations in Ca2+ Signalling via ER-Mitochondria Contact Site Remodelling in Cancer
Martijn Kerkhofs, Carlotta Giorgi, Saverio Marchi, Bruno Seitaj, Jan B. Parys, Paolo Pinton, Geert Bultynck, Mart Bittremieux

Keywords: Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general, Molecular Medicine, Human Physiology, Cancer Research, Immunology