Integrative Mechanobiology - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

Contributors

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Part I - Micro-nano techniques in cell mechanobiology

pp 1-202

1 - Nanotechnologies and FRET imaging in live cells

pp 3-14

2 - Electron microscopy and three-dimensional single-particle analysis as tools for understanding the structural basis of mechanobiology

pp 15-31

3 - Stretchable micropost array cytometry

pp 32-46

4 - Microscale generation of dynamic forces in cell culture systems

pp 47-68

5 - Multiscale topographical approaches for cell mechanobiology studies

pp 69-89

6 - Hydrogels with dynamically tunable properties

pp 90-109

7 - Microengineered tools for studying cell migration in electric fields

pp 110-127

8 - Laser ablation to investigate cell and tissue mechanics in vivo

pp 128-147

9 - Computational image analysis techniques for cell mechanobiology

pp 148-168

10 - Micro- and nanotools to probe cancer cell mechanics and mechanobiology

pp 169-185

11 - Stimuli-responsive polymeric substrates for cell-matrix mechanobiology

pp 186-202

Part II - Recent progress in cell mechanobiology

pp 203-367

12 - Forces of nature

pp 205-226

13 - Mechanobiological stimulation of tissue engineered blood vessels

pp 227-244

14 - Bone cell mechanobiology using micro- and nano-techniques

pp 245-265

15 - Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanotransduction in wound healing

pp 266-294

16 - Micropost arrays as a means to assess cardiac muscle cells

pp 295-315

17 - Micro- nanofabrication for the study of biochemical and biomechanical regulation of T cell activation

pp 316-329

18 - Study of tumor angiogenesis using microfluidic approaches

pp 330-346

19 - Neuromechanobiology of the brain

pp 347-367

Index

pp 368-371