Mechanosensitive Ion Channels [electronic resource] /
Kamkin, Andre.editor.
Kiseleva, Irina.editor.
This book presents the latest findings in mechanosensitive ion channel research compiled by a number of internationally recognized experts in the field of mechanosensitivity, specializing in mechanosensitive or mechanically gated ion channels and the underlying mechanosensitive signaling cascades. ""Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels"" defines and discusses key problems of cellular mechanobiology, describing the methods for studying mechanosensitive ion channels, the role of lipid bilayer mechanics in mechanosensation, and the molecular organization, physiol
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This book presents the latest findings in mechanosensitive ion channel research compiled by a number of internationally recognized experts in the field of mechanosensitivity, specializing in mechanosensitive or mechanically gated ion channels and the underlying mechanosensitive signaling cascades. ""Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels"" defines and discusses key problems of cellular mechanobiology, describing the methods for studying mechanosensitive ion channels, the role of lipid bilayer mechanics in mechanosensation, and the molecular organization, physiol
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mechanosensitive Channels -- Experimental Methods of Studying Mechanosensitive Channels and Possible Errors in Data Interpretation -- Role of Lipid Bilayer Mechanics in Mechanosensation -- Mechanosensitive Channels Gated by Membrane Tension -- Computational Studies of the Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channels -- Mechanosensory Transduction in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans -- Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Odontoblasts -- Potassium Ion Channels in Articular Chondrocytes -- Osmotransduction Through Volume-Sensitive Cl- Channels -- Mechanosensitive Channel TRPV4 -- Mechanosensitive Signalling Cascades -- Mechanosensitive Purinergic Calcium Signalling in Articular Chondrocytes -- Signal Transduction Pathways Involved in Mechanotransduction in Osteoblastic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Caveolae -- Multimodal Activation and Regulation of Neuronal Mechanosensitive Cation Channels -- Regulation of Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways by Mechanosensitive Ion Channels -- Cell Mechanobiology -- The Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Vertebrate Hearts -- Mechanobiology of Fibroblasts.
Cell biology.
Animal physiology.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Biomathematics.
Cell Biology.
Animal Physiology.
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.
Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.


Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues