Mechanobiology of Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wagoner Johnson, A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Harley, Brendan A.C (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Cell biology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Cell Biology.

Mechanobiology of Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions focuses on characterization and modeling of interactions between cells and their local extracellular environment, exploring how these interactions may mediate cell behavior. Studies of cell-matrix interactions rely on integrating engineering,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: The Extracellular Matrix and Tools for Exploring Cell-Matrix Mechanobiology: ECM Overview
• 3D Full-Field Measurement Technique for Large Deformations in Soft Matrices by Fibroblasts
• Magnetic Twisting Cytometry to Probe Adhesion Site Dynamics and the Cytoskeleton
• Probing Cell Mechanics with Light
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Part II: Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion, Mechanotransduction and Cell Behavior: Nanomechanics of Cell Adhesion: from Single Molecules to Tissues
• Probing Cellular Responses to Substrate Rigidity and Geometry
• Matrix Mechanics and Cell Traction Regulate Integrin-Adhesion Ligand Bond Formation
• Microtubule Deformation and Src Activation
• Integrin Activation and angiogenesis
• Biophysical parameters affecting cell biology
• Part III: Cooperative mechanobiology, cooperative cell Behavior and Mechanics: Modulation of Endothelial Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions Using Substrate Chemistry and Mechanics
• Effects of Substrate Chemistry and Mechanics on Large Scale Stem Cell Culture
• Cooperative Behavior of Cells During Wound Healing
• Mechanobiological Functions of Desmosomes and Filament Networks in a Epidermal Keratinocyte Sheet
• Part IV: Mechano-Pathology of Cancer and Disease: Integrin-Cadherin Cross Talk and Cell Motility and Invasiveness
• Cell Mechanics and Disease in Red Blood Cells
• Biophysical Parameters Affecting Cancer/Metastasis
• Cancer Mechanobiology
• Measuring Surface Adhesion of Cancer Cells
• Studying Cancer from a Biomechanics Perspective.