Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering of the Vascular System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fu, Bingmei M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wright, Neil T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1097
• Subjects: Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Cardiology.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

This book introduces the latest research in molecular, cellular, and tissue engineering of the vascular system. Topics covered include the roles of endothelial surface glycocalyx as a mechano-sensor and transducer for blood flow, a barrier to water and solute transport across the vascular wall and t...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Role of Endothelial Surface Glycocalyx in Mechanosensing and Transduction
• Chapter 2: The Molecular Structure Of The Endothelial Gycocalyx Layer (EGL) and Surface Layers (ESL) Modulation of Transvascular Exchange
• Chapter 3: Role of the Glycocalyx as a Barrier to Leukocyte-Endothelium Adhesion
• Chapter 4: Mechanobiology and Vascular Remodeling: from Membrane to Nucleus
• Chapter 5: Endothelial nuclear lamina in mechanotransduction under shear stress
• Chapter 6: Regional heterogeneity in the regulation of vasoconstriction in arteries and its role in vascular mechanics
• Chapter 7: Microcalcifications, their genesis, growth and biomechanical stability in fibrous cap rupture
• Chapter 8: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Pathomechanics: Current Understanding and Future Directions
• Chapter 9: Vascular intervention: from angioplasty to bioresorbable vascular scaffold
• Chapter 10: On the physics underlying longitudinal capillary recruitment
• Chapter 11: Tumor Metastasis in the Microcirculation
• Chapter 12: Modelling Cell Adhesion and Extravasation in Microvascular system
• Chapter 13: Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier
• Chapter 14: Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and Clearance of Amyloid-β from the BBB
• Chapter 15: Mathematical Models of Cell Response Following Heating
• Chapter 16: Hypothermia Used in Medical Applications for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Chapter 17: Biomechanical Changes of Tympanic Membrane to Blast Waves.