Mechanosensitive Ion Channels - Mechanosensitive in Cells and Tissues 1

This book explores the latest data dealing with mechanosensitive channels research results. It was compiled by a group of internationally recognized scientists leading in the field of mechanosensitive ion channels or mechanically gated channels and signaling cascades research. Key problems of cell mechanobiology are also discussed. As a whole, the volume dwells on the major issues of mechanical stress influencing the ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways.

List of contents

Foreword I.- Foreword II.- Editorial Mechanically gated channels and mechanosensitive channels.- Part I. Mechanosensitive Channels.- Experimental methods of studying of mechanosensitive channels and possible errors in data interpretation.- The role of lipid bilayer mechanics in mechanosensation.- Mechanosensitive channels gated by membrane tension: bacteria and beyond.- Computational approaches in studies of bacterial mechanosensitive channels.- Mechanosensory transduction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.- Mechanosensitive ion channels in odontoblasts.- Potassium ion channels in articular chondrocytes: putative roles in mechanotransduction, metabolic regulation and cell proliferation.- Osmotransduction through volume-sensitive Cl - channels.- Mechanosensitive channel TRPV4. A micro-machine converting physical force into an ion flow. Part II Mechanosensitive Signaling Cascades.- Mechanosensitive purinergic calcium signalling in articular chondrocytes.- Signal transduction pathways involved in mechanotransduction in osteoblastic and mesenchymal stem cells.- Caveolae: Co-ordinating centres for mechanotransduction in the heart?- Multimodal activation and regulation of neuronal mechanosensitive cation channels.- Rregulation of intracellular signal transduction pathways by mechanosensitive ion channels. Part III. Cell Mechanobiology.- The effects of mechanical stimulation on vertebrate hearts: a question of class.- Mechanobiology of fibroblasts

Summary

This book explores the latest data dealing with mechanosensitive channels research results. It was compiled by a group of internationally recognized scientists leading in the field of mechanosensitive ion channels or mechanically gated channels and signaling cascades research. Key problems of cell mechanobiology are also discussed. As a whole, the volume dwells on the major issues of mechanical stress influencing the ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways.

Product details

• Assisted by: A. Kamkin (Editor), Andre Kamkin (Editor), I. Kiseleva (Editor), Irin Kiseleva (Editor), Irina Kiseleva (Editor), I Lozinsky (Editor), J. Hescheler (Foreword), M.J. Lab (Foreword)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2007
• EAN: 9781402064258
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6425-8
• No. of pages: 382
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 22 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 713 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 382 p.
• Series: Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues; Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues; Mechanosensitivity in Cells an
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; Biophysik, B, Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften, DV-gestützte Biologie/Bioinformatik, Zoology & animal sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical physics, Biophysics, Animal Physiology, Applied mathematics, Biological physics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Biomathematics, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics