Innovative Approaches to Cell Biomechanics From Cell Migration to On-Chip Manipulation /

This book covers topics on mechanosensing, mechanotransduction, and actin cytoskeletal dynamics in cell motility. It will contribute to a better understanding of how cells functionally adapt to their mechanical environment as well as highlighting fundamental concepts for designing material niches fo...

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Main Authors: Okeyo, Kennedy Omondi. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Miyoshi, Hiromi. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Adachi, Taiji. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Frontiers of Biomechanics, 1
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55163-8
Table of Contents:
  • Actin Cytoskeletal Structure in Migrating Cells
  • Actin Cytoskeleton Generates Mechanical Forces for Cell Migration
  • Multi-scale Mechanochemical Interactions between Cell Membrane and Actin Filaments
  • Actin Network Flow and Turnover are coupled in Migrating Cells
  • Mechanical Strain is involved in Actin Network Reorganization
  • Actin Network Dynamics is Regulated by Actomyosin Interactions
  • Biophysical Interactions between Cells and Extracellular Matrix
  • Cell Migration in Engineered Micro-/Nano-environments with Controlled Physical Properties
  • Engineered Biomaterial for Cell Manipulation.