Cell and matrix mechanics - Kaunas, Roland; Zemel, Assaf (Boca Raton CRC Press, 2015)
1. Active mechanics of the cytoskeleton / Josâe Alvarado and Gijsje Koenderink -- 2. Mechanobiology of the cell membrane / Peter J. Butler, Hari S. Muddana, and Sara Farag -- 3. Cellular reconstitution of actively self-organizing systems / Orit Siton-Mendelson, Barak Gilboa, Yaron Ideses, and Anne Bernheim-Groswasser -- 4. Structural and dynamical hierarchy of fibrillar collagen / Xiaojing Teng and Dr. Wonmuk Hwang -- 5. Cell-matrix and cell-cell mechanical interactions / Assaf Zemel and Ralf Kemkemer -- 6. Dynamic stress fiber reorganization on stretched matrices / Roland Kaunas -- 7. Mechanics of cell-seeded ECM scaffolds / Guy M. Genin and Elliot L. Elson -- 8. Cell motility in 3D matrices / Yasha Sharma and Muhammad H. Zaman -- 9. Collective cell migration / Nir S. Gov -- 10. Connective tissue development / Albert Harris -- 11. Cellular forces in morphogenesis / Larry A. Taber -- 12. Mechanics of tissue morphogenesis / Michael J. Siedlik and Celeste M. Nelson -- 13. Continuum physics of tumor growth / Kristen L. Mills, Shiva Rudraraju, Ralf Kemkemer, and Krishna Garikipati -- 14. Cell force-mediated collagen remodeling in cancer metastasis / Paolo P. Provenzano.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cells -- Mechanical properties; Cell physiology; Electronic books