Cells, Forces, and the Microenvironment

Chapter 1

Micromechanical Cues Converging on Fibroblasts, Cardiac Myocytes, and Stem Cells

James R. Pinney, Golnar Doroudian, Patrick Chew, Tejal A. Desai, and Brenda Russell

Pages: 1

Chapter 2

How Microbes Sense and Respond to Force: A Single-Molecule View

Peter N. Lipke, Jürgen J. Heinisch, and Yves F. Dufrêne

Pages: 35

Chapter 3

Modulating Cell Adhesion by Non-Covalent Ligand Attachment

Andreas Müller, Christina Müller, and Tilo Pompe

Pages: 55

Chapter 4

Traction Microscopy

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

Pages: 75

Chapter 5

Mechanical Regulation of Myofibroblasts: Mechanically Guided Matrix Remodeling and Prevention of Fibrosis in Regenerative Medicine

Jenna L. Balestrini and Boris Hinz

Pages: 97

Chapter 6

Interstitial Fluid Flow Mechanosensing: Mechanisms and Consequences

Arpit D. Shah and Adrian C. Shieh

Pages: 127

Chapter 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

Pages: 155

Chapter 8

Shape and Mechanical Cues Underlying Cellular Homeostasis in Soft Organs

Jordi Alcaraz and Pere Roca-Cusachs

Pages: 177

Chapter 9

Muscle Contraction and Sarcomere Length Non-Uniformities

Walter Herzog

Pages: 211

Chapter 10

Microfluidic Modeling of Cancer Metastasis

Zeta Tak For Yu, Koh Meng Aw Yong, and Jianping Fu

Pages: 235

Chapter 11

Engineering Strategies to Recapitulate the Tumor Microenvironment

Andrew Rape and Sanjay Kumar

Pages: 257

Chapter 12

Micropost Methods for Cell Biomechanics of the Cardiovascular System

Kevin S. Bielawski and Nathan J. Sniadecki

Pages: 291

Chapter 13

Dynamic Mechanical Environments to Quantify and Control Cellular Dynamics

Luke MacQueen, Christopher Moraes, Yu Sun, and Craig A. Simmons

Pages: 311

Chapter 14

Tip Growth in Walled Cells: Cellular Expansion and Invasion Mechanisms

Amir Sanati Nezhad and Anja Geitmann

Pages: 335

Chapter 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

Pages: 357