Membrane biomechanics
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Membrane biomechanics
(Current topics in membranes, 86)
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2020
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Description
Membrane Biomechanics, Volume 86, the latest release in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Lipid bilayers: phase behavior and mechanics, Molecular mechanisms of cell membrane structure modification by omega-3 fatty acids, Mechanical properties of magnetoliposomes, Mechanosensitive ion channels and membrane tension, From cell membrane to the nuclear membrane through modulation of cytoskeleton, Endothelial stiffness in dyslipidemia and aging, Vascular smooth muscle stiffness in aging and vascular disease, Mechanobiology of macrovesicle release and activation, Interplay of membrane cholesterol and substrate on vascular smooth muscle mechanics, and more.
Table of Contents
1. Lipid bilayers: Phase behavior and nanomechanics
Lorena Redondo-Morata, Patricia Losada-Perez and Marina Ines Giannotti
2. Membrane modulatory effects of omega-3 fatty acids: Analysis of molecular level interactions
Brendan C. Bunker, Jordan L. De Groot and Manuela A.A. Ayee
3. Cell membrane mechanics and mechanosensory transduction
Boris Martinac, Yury A. Nikolaev, Giulia Silvani, Navid Bavi, Valentin Romanov, Yoshitaka Nakayama, Adam D. Martinac, Paul Rohde, Omid Bavi and Charles D. Cox
4. Mechanics of the cell: Interaction mechanisms and mechanobiological models
Caleb Liebman, Andrew McColloch, Manoochehr Rabiei, Alan Bowling and Michael Cho
5. Mechanisms of endothelial stiffening in dyslipidemia and aging: Oxidized lipids and shear stress
Liz Le Master, Sang Joon Ahn and Irena Levitan
6. Vascular smooth muscle stiffness and its role in aging
Andreea Trache, Michael P. Massett and Christopher R. Woodman
7. Mechanobiology of microvesicle release, uptake, and microvesicle-mediated activation
Samantha C. Schwager and Cynthia A. Reinhart-King
8. The interplay of membrane cholesterol and substrate on vascular smooth muscle biomechanics
Hanna J. Sanyour, Alex P. Rickel and Zhongkui Hong
9. Roles of microglial membranes in Alzheimer's disease
Jae-Won Shin and James C. Lee
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