Foreword (tanguay- Hightower) Section 1 : General Introduction1 Kampinga Harm H, de Boer Romy, Beerstra NicoThe multicolored world of the HSPB family2 Arrigo André Patrick, Ducarouge Benjamin, Lavial Frice, Gibert BenjaminImmense implications associated to small stress expression : impacts on human pathologiesSection 2 : Structure-function3 Hochberg Georg K A, Benecht Justin L P'Dynamics-function relationship sof the small Heat shock Proteins 4 Fu XinmiaoInsights into how small heat shock proteins bind a great diversity of substrate proteins : a super transformer model 5 Santhanagopalan Indu, Basha Eman, Ballard Keith N, Bopp Nathan E, Vierling ElizabethModel chaperones : small heat shock proteins from plants6 Haslbeck Martin, Weinkauf Sevil, Buchner JohannesRegulation of the chaperone function of small Hsps7 Ecroyd, HeathRedefining the chaperone mechanism of sHsps: not just holdase chaperones8 Heirbaut Michelle, Strelkov Sergei V, Weeks StephenEverything but the ACD, functional conservation of the non-conserved regions in sHSPs9 Sudnitsyna Maria V, Sluchanko Nikolai N, Guzev Nikolai B HspB6 (Hsp20) as a versatile molecular regulator 10 Bernfur K, Rutsdottir G, Emanuellsson, Cthe chloroplast-localized plant sHSP in Arabidopsis thaliana- role of its oligomeric conformation and its translocation into membranesSection 3: SHsps in the clinic11 Mitzelfelt Kathie A, Benjamin Ivor JMultifunctional roles of crystallin in skeletal and cardiac muscle homeostasis and disease12 Boehlens Wilbert (Neijmegen) Role of small heat shock protein HspB5 in cancer13 Bellaye Pierre-Simon, Burgy Olivier, Colas julien, Causse Sébastien, Garrido Carmen, Bonniaud PhilippeSmall heat shock proteins and fibrosis14 Rioux Danielle A, Murphy Kathleen, Esser Michael J, Currie R WilliamNeurodegenerative diseases, sex differences and the 27 kDa heat shock protein in the nervous system15 Golenhofen Nokola, Bartelt-Kirbach BrittaHspB5/B-crystallin in the brain16 Guo Huan, Wu TangchunSmall HSP variants and diseasesSection 4: SHsps cellular and molecular mechanisms of action17 Perng MD, Quinlan Roy AThe dynamic duo of small heat proteins and Ifs maintain cell homeostasis, resist cellular stress and enable evolution in cells and tissues18 Guilbert Solenn M, Varlet Alice-Anais, Fuchs Margit, Lambert Herman, Landry Jacques, Lavoie Josée NRegulation of actin-based structure dynamics by HspB proteins and partners19 Doshi Bindi, Hightower Lawrence E, Heat shock alters keratocyte movement and morphology: exploring a role for HSP17 (HSPB1) 20 Benndorf, Rainer, Jungblut Peter R Reconsidering Old Data: Non-Canonical HspB1 Species and the Enigma of the Cytoskeletal Function of HspB121 Poletti Angelo, Carra SerenaRole of HSPB8 in the proteases network: from protein synthesis to protein degradation and beyond22 Chang ZengyiUnderstanding what small heat shock proteins do for bacterial cells23 Toth Melinda E , Santha Miklos, Penke Botond, Laszlo VighHow to stabilize both the proteins and the membranes : diverse effects of sHsps in neuroprotection24 MacRae, TomSmall Heat Shock Proteins and Diapause in the Crustacean, Artemia franciscana25 Tanguay Robert M, Morrow GenevièveDrosophila small heat shock proteins : an update on their features and functionsIndex