Molecular and Cellular Mechanobiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chien, Shu (Editor), Engler, Adam J. (Editor), Wang, Peter Yingxiao (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Physiology in Health and Disease
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Molecular biology.; Proteins.; Cell physiology.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Physiology.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Protein Science.; Molecular Medicine.
• Physical Description: XIII, 302 p. 58 illus., 57 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781493956173

This book will cover the cutting-edge developments in molecular and cellular mechanobiology to date. Readers will have a clear understanding of mechanobiology at the molecular and cellular levels, encompassing the mechanosensors, transducers, and transcription. An integrative approach across different scales from molecular sensing to mechanotransduction and gene modulation for physiological regulation of cellular functions will be explored, as well as applications to pathophysiological states in disease. A comprehensive understanding of the roles of physicochemical microenvironment and intracellular responses in determining cellular function in health and disease will also be discussed.