Table of Contents

Chair’s introduction (Michael Welsh).  

Overview of the SLC26 family and associated diseases (Juha Kere) .

Discussion.

Individual characteristics of members of the SLC26 family in Vertebrates and their homologues in insects (Marlies Knipper, Thomas Weber, Harald Winter, Claudia Braig,  Jelka Cimerman, Juergen T. Fraenzer and Ulrike Zimmermann).

Discussion.

Sulfate transport by SLC26 transporters (Daniel Markovich).

Sugar transport by members of the SLC26 superfamily (Jonathan Ashmore and Jean-Marie Chambard).   

Discussion.

Discussion.

SLC26A3 and congenital chloride diarrhoea (Pia Höglund).

Discussion.

Expression, regulation and the role of SLC26 Cl-/HCO3- exchangers in kidney and gastrointestinal tract (Manoocher Soleimani).

Discussion.

Anion exchangers in flux: functional differences between human and mouse SLC26A6 polypeptides (Seth L. Alper, Andrew K. Stewart, Marina N. Chernova,Alexander S. Zolotarev, Jeffrey S. Clark and David H. Vandorpe). 

Discussion.

Physiology of electrogenic SLC26 paralogues (Michael F. Romero, Min-Hwang Chang, Consuelo Plata,Kambiz Zandi-Nejad, Vadjista Broumand, Caroline R. Sussman and David B. Mount).

Discussion.

Role of SLC26-mediated Cl-/base exchange in proximal tubule naCl transport (Peter S. Aronson).

Discussion.

SLC26 transporters and the inhibitory control of pancreatic ductal bicarbonate secretion (Péter Hegyi, Zoltán Rakonczay Jr., László Tiszlavica, András Varró,András Tóth, Gábor Rácz, Gábor Varga, Michael A. Gray and Barry E. Argent).

Discussion.

Regulatory interaction between CFtR and the SLC26 transporters (Nikolay Shcheynikov, Shigeru B. H. Ko, Weizhong Zeng, Joo Young Choi, Michael R. Dorwart, Philip J. Thomas and Shmuel Muallem).

Discussion.

Insights from a transgenic mouse model on the role of SLC26A2 in health and disease.

Discussion.

Lorraine A. Everett new insights into the role of pendrin (SLC26A4) in inner ear fluid homeostasis (Antonella Forlino, Benedetta Gualeni, Fabio Pecora, Sara Della Torre,Rocco Piazza, Cecilia Tiveron, Laura Tatangelo, Andrea Superti-Furga, Giuseppe Cetta and Antonio Rossi).

Discussion.

the renal physiology of pendrin (SLC26A4) and its role in hypertension (Susan M. Wall).

Discussion.

 Interaction of prestin (SLC26A5) with monovalent intracellular anions (Dominik Oliver, Thorsten Schächinger and Bernd Fakler).

Discussion.

Final Discussion.

Index of contributors.

Subject index.

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