The Mechanobiology of Obesity and Related Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gefen, Amit (Editor), Benayahu, Dafna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 16
• Subjects: Engineering.; Cell physiology.; Biophysics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Cell Physiology.; Physics of the Cell.

This volume describes the state-of-knowledge in the study of the relationships between mechanical loading states in tissues and common pathophysiologies related to increase in mass of adipose tissues and/or hyperglycemia which eventually lead to obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia,...