Cell Mechanics and Cellular Engineering
Cell mechanics and cellular engineering may be defined as the application of principles and methods of engineering and life sciences toward fundamental understanding of structure-function relationships in normal and pathological cells and the development of biological substitutes to restore cellular...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Constitutive Modeling and Mechanical Properties of Circulating Cells
- 1. Human Neutrophils under Mechanical Stress
- 2. Viscous Behavior of Leukocytes
- 3. Shear Rate-Dependence of Leukocyte Cytoplasmic Viscosity
- 4. Cell Tumbling in Laminar Flow: Cell Velocity is a Unique Function of the Shear Rate
- II Flow-Induced Effects on Cell Morphology and Function
- 5. The Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Biology by Flow
- 6. Flow Modulation of Receptor Function in Leukocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells
- 7. Osteoblast Responses to Steady Shear Stress
- 8. Effects of Shear Stress on Cytoskeletal Structure and Physiological Functions of Cultured Endothelial Cells
- III Mechanics and Biology of Cell-Substrate Interactions
- 9. Kinetics and Mechanics of Cell Adhesion under Hydrodynamic Flow: Two Cell Systems
- 10. Initial Steps of Cell-Substrate Adhesion
- 11. A Cell-Cell Adhesion Model for the Analysis of Micropipette Experiments
- IV Cell-Matrix Interactions and Adhesion Molecules
- 12. Biphasic Theory and In Vitro Assays of Cell-Fibril Mechanical Interactions in Tissue-Equivalent Gels
- 13. Mechanical Load ± Growth Factors Induce [Ca2+]i Release, Cyclin D1 Expression and DNA Synthesis in Avian Tendon Cells
- 14. Cytomechanics of Transdifferentiation
- V Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Mechanical Signal Transduction
- 15. Signal Transduction Cascades Involved in Mechanoresponsive Changes in Gene Expression
- 16. Cytoskeletal Plaque Proteins as Regulators of Cell Motility, and Tumor Suppressors
- 17. Mechanical Signal Transduction and G Proteins
- 18. Modeling Mechanical-Electrical Transduction in the Heart
- 19. Cellular Tensegrity and Mechanochemical Transduction
- VI Physical Regulation of Tissue Metabolic Activity
- 20. Stress, Strain, Pressure and Flow Fields in Articular Cartilage and Chondrocytes
- 21. Deformation-Induced Calcium Signaling in Articular Chondrocytes
- 22. The Effects of Hydrostatic and Osmotic Pressures on Chondrocyte Metabolism
- 23. Proteoglycan Synthesis and Cytoskeleton in Hydrostatically Loaded Chondrocytes
- 24. Altered Chondrocyte Gene Expression in Articular Cartilage Matrix Components and Susceptibility to Cartilage Destruction
- VII Mechanics of Cell Motility and Morphogenesis
- 25. Mechanics of Cell Locomotion
- 26. The Correlation Ratchet: A Novel Mechanism for Generating Directed Motion by ATP Hydrolysis
- 27. Receptor-Mediated Adhesive Interactions at the Cytoskeleton/Substratum Interface during Cell Migration
- 28. Actin Polymerization and Gel Osmotic Swelling in Tumor Cell Pseudopod Formation
- 29. Biomechanical Model for Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation with Reference to Red and White Blood Cell Perfusion and Autoregulation