Cells, forces, and the microenvironment / edited by Charles M. Cuerrier, Andrew E. Pelling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuerrier, Charles M., 1976- editor.

Pelling, Andrew E., 1978- editor.

CRCnetBASE.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cells--Mechanical properties.

Cells.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Boca Raton, Florida] : [CRC Press], [2015]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Micromechanical cues converging on fibroblasts, cardiac myocytes, and stem cells / James R. Pinney, Golnar Doroudian, Patrick Chew, Tejal A. Desai, and Brenda Russel

2. How microbes sense and respond to force : a single-molecule view / Peter N. Lipke, Jürgen J. Heinisch, and Yves F. Dufrêne

3. Modulating cell adhesion by non-covalent ligand attachment / Andreas Müller, Christina Müller, and Tilo Pompe

4. Traction microscopy / Ramaswamy Krishnan, Dhananjay Tambe, Robert L. Steward, Corey C. Hardin, and James P. Butler

5. Mechanical regulation of myofibroblasts : mechanically guided matrix remodeling and prevention of fibrosis in regenerative medicine / Jenna L. Balestrini and Boris Hinz

6. Interstitial fluid flow mechanosensing : mechanisms and consequences / Arpit D. Shah and Adrian C. Shieh

7. Mechanical properties of cytoskeletal structures and their response to externally applied forces / Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Shin'ichi Machida, Masakazu Saito, Rehana Afrin, and Atsushi Ikai

8. Shape and mechanical cues underlying cellular homeostasis in soft organs / Jordi Alcaraz and Pere Roca-Cusachs

9. Muscle contraction and sarcomere length non-uniformities / Walter Herzog

10. Microfluidic modeling of cancer metastasis / Zeta Tak For Yu, Koh Meng Aw Yong, and Jianping Fu

11. Engineering strategies to recapitulate the tumor microenvironment / Andrew Rape and Sanjay Kumar

12. Micropost methods for cell biomechanics of the cardiovascular system / Kevin S. Bielawski and Nathan J. Sniadecki

13. Dynamic mechanical environments to quantify and control cellular dynamics / Luke MacQueen, Christopher Moraes, Yu Sun, and Craig A. Simmons

14. Tip growth in walled cells : cellular expansion and invasion mechanisms / Amir Sanati Nezhad and Anja Geitmann

15. Expansive growth of cells with walls : force generation and growth regulation / Joseph K.E. Ortega, Jason T. Truong, Cindy M. Munoz, and Elena L. Ortega.

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ISBN:

9789814613378

OCLC:

910542767

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