Regulation der epithelialen tight junctions durch den humanen Somatostatinrezeptor-Subtyp 3 [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Chong Wee Liew

REGULATION DER EPITHELIALEN TIGHT JUNCTIONS DURCH DEN HUMANEN SOMATOSTATINREZEPTOR-SUBTYP 3 Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades des Fachbereichs Biologie der Universität Hamburg vorgelegt von CHONG WEE LIEW aus MALAYSIA Hamburg 2004 REGULATION OF EPITHELIAL TIGHT JUNCTIONS BY HUMAN SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 3 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED FOR THE DOCTORAL DEGREE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG BY CHONG WEE LIEW from MALAYSIA Hamburg 2004 I?U%LEL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I would like to thank Herrn Prof. Dr. Dietmar Richter for giving me the opportunity to do my research and complete my PhD in his institute and in Germany. Most importantly, I would like to thank my supervisors, Herrn Dr. Hans-Juergen Kreienkamp for his supervision, guidance, encouragement, ideas, helping hand and everything throughout the entire projects. Not forgetting Dr. Stefan Kindler and Dr. Dietmar Baechner for their guidance, ideas and encouragement. I would also like to give my special thanks to Dr. Johanna Brandner for her helpful discussions, her Millicell apparatus and all the antibodies for this study. Many thanks also go to Soenke Harder and Dr. Fritz Buck for mass spectroscopy and primer synthesis.