Research Catalog

Title

Biomechanics and cells / edited by F. Lyall, A.J. El Haj.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Lyall, F.
• El Haj, Alicia.

Description

xii, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Society for Experimental Biology Seminar series ; 54

Uniform Title

Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 54.

Subjects

• Biomechanics
• Humans > Tissues
• Tissues > Mechanical properties

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Signal transduction pathways in vascular cells exposed to cyclic strain / B. E. Sumpio, W. Du, C. R. Cohen, L. Evans, C. Isales, O. R. Rosales and I. Mills -- Effects of pressure overload on vascular smooth muscle cells / F. Lyall and M. R. Deehan -- Effect of increased flow on release of vasoactive substances from vascular endothelial cells / P. Bodin, A. Loesch, P. Milner and G. Burnstock -- Modulation of endothelium-derived relaxing factor activity by flow / T. M. Griffith and I. R. Hutcheson -- Stretch, overload and gene expression in muscle / G. Goldspink, G.-F. Gerlach, T. Jaenicke and P. Butterworth -- Stretch sensitivity in stretch receptor neurones / S. E. Blackshaw -- Mechanical interactions with plant cells: a selective overview / J. S. Heslop-Harrison -- Mechanical tensing of cells and chromosome arrangement / A. S. G. Curtis -- Alterations in gene expression induced by low-frequency, low-intensity electromagnetic fields / B. Reipert.
• Cellular modelling of mechanical interactions with the skeleton / A. J. El Haj and G. P. Thomas -- Mechanical and hormonal influences in vivo cause regional differences in bone remodelling / T. M. Skerry and B. F. Fermor -- Mechanically sensitive cells in bone / L. E. Lanyon -- Mechanical stress and bone development / E. H. Burger, J. Klein-Nulend and J. P. Veldhuijzen -- Application of homogenous, defined strains to cell cultures / D. B. Jones, G. Leivseth, Y. Sawada, J. van der Sloten and D. Bingmann -- Role of arachidonate in load transduction in bone cells / I. Binderman -- Effects of mechanical stretch on actin polymerisation in fibroblasts of the periodontium / N. Pender and C. A. G. McCulloch -- Modulation of cartilage extracellular matrix turnover by pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) / J. A. Bee, H.-X. Liu, N. Clarke and J. Abbott.

ISBN

0521454549

LCCN

93042046

OCLC

ocm29389014

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries