Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamkin, Andre (Editor), Kiseleva, Irina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues ; 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Animal physiology.; Biomathematics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Animal Physiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.

Table of Contents:

• Mechanosensitive Channels
• Experimental Methods of Studying Mechanosensitive Channels and Possible Errors in Data Interpretation
• Role of Lipid Bilayer Mechanics in Mechanosensation
• Mechanosensitive Channels Gated by Membrane Tension
• Computational Studies of the Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channels
• Mechanosensory Transduction in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
• Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Odontoblasts
• Potassium Ion Channels in Articular Chondrocytes
• Osmotransduction Through Volume-Sensitive Cl- Channels
• Mechanosensitive Channel TRPV4
• Mechanosensitive Signalling Cascades
• Mechanosensitive Purinergic Calcium Signalling in Articular Chondrocytes
• Signal Transduction Pathways Involved in Mechanotransduction in Osteoblastic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells
• Caveolae
• Multimodal Activation and Regulation of Neuronal Mechanosensitive Cation Channels
• Regulation of Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways by Mechanosensitive Ion Channels
• Cell Mechanobiology
• The Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Vertebrate Hearts
• Mechanobiology of Fibroblasts.