Table of Contents

Cell polarity in the protist-to-animal transition
Thibaut Brunet and David S. Booth
Context matters: Lessons in epithelial polarity from the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine and other tissues
Victor F. Naturale, Melissa A. Pickett, and Jessica L. Feldman
Polarity and axis formation in the Drosophila female germ line
Daniel St Johnston
Contractile and expansive actin networks in Drosophila: Developmental cell biology controlled by network polarization and higher-order interactions
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez and Tony J.C. Harris
Cell polarity and extrusion: How to polarize extrusion and extrude misspolarized cells?
Ralitza Staneva and Romain Levayer
The role of polarization and early heterogeneities in the mammalian first cell fate decision
Adiyant Lamba and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Polarity in immune cells
Judith Pineau, Hélène D. Moreau, Ana-Maria Lennon Duménil, and Paolo Pierobon
Fat and Dachsous cadherins in mammalian development
Jennysue Kasiah and Helen McNeill
Polarity in breast development and cancer
Mara K.M. Whitford and Luke McCaffrey
Polarity in respiratory development, homeostasis and disease
Andrew M. Tilston-Lunel and Xaralabos Varelas
Polarity in skin development and cancer
Alexandra Prado-Mantilla and Terry Lechler

About the Author

Francesca Cole, PhD., Associate Professor, CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, R. Lee Clark Fellow, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA