Mechanical and Chemical Signaling in Angiogenesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reinhart-King, Cynthia A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 12
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biochemical engineering.; Biochemistry.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Multicellular Systems.; Biochemistry, general.; Biochemical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30856-7

This volume of Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials describes the most recent advances in angiogenesis research at all biological length scales: molecular, cellular and tissue, in both in vivo and in vitro settings. �Angiogenesis experts from diverse fields including engine...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanical and chemical regulation of arterial and venous specification
• Mechanosensory Pathways in Angiocrine Mediated Tissue Regeneration
• Microfluidic devices for quantifying the role of soluble gradients in early angiogenesis
• Reactive oxygen species in physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis
• Microfluidic Devices for Angiogenesis
• Vascular cell physiology under shear flow: role of cell mechanics and mechanotransduction
• Matrix Mechanics and Cell Contractility in Angiogenesis
• Computational modeling of angiogenesis: towards a multi-scale understanding of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions
• ECM Remodeling in Angiogenesis
• Barrier maintenance in neovessels
• Computational Models of Vascularization and Therapy in Tumor Growth
• Biomaterials for Cell-Based Therapeutic Angiogenesis
• Translation of Pro-Angiogenic and Anti-Angiogenic Therapies into Clinical Use.