Cholesterol trafficking and distribution between cellular membranes / Daniel Wustner, Lukasz M. Solanko, Frederik W. Lund -- Cholesterol regulation of membrane protein function by changes in bilayer physical properties : an energetic perspective / Jens A. Lundbaek and Olaf S. Andersen -- Insights into structural determinants of cholesterol sensitivity of Kir channels / Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker and Irena Levitan -- Role for lipid rafts in the regulation of store-operated Ca2+ channels / Hwei L. Ong and Indu S. Ambudkar -- Cholesterol regulation of cardiac ion channels / Elise Balse, Stephane Hatem and Stanley Nattel -- Differential contribution of BK subunits to nongenomic regulation of channel function by steroids / Alex M. Dopico, Anna N. Bukiya, and Aditya K. Singh -- Regulation of K+ channels by cholesterol-rich membrane domains in immune system / Núria Comes and Antonio Felipe -- Indirect channel regulation by cholesterol : the role of caveolae and caveolins in regulating KATP channel function / Caroline Dart -- Regulation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by cholesterol as a boundary lipid / Francisco J. Barrantes -- Specific and non-specific regulation of GPCR function by cholesterol / Gerald Gimpl and Katja Gehrig-Burger -- Structural insights into cholesterol interactions with G protein-coupled receptors / Jeremiah S. Joseph, Enrique E. Abola, and Vadim Cherezov -- Membrane cholesterol : implications in receptor function / Sandeep Shrivastava and Amitabha Chattopadhyay -- The role of cholesterol and lipid rafts in regulation of TLR receptors / Ruxana T. Sadikot.