Mechanosensing Biology

Part I. Cells and Signals

1. Nanotechnology in Mechanobiology: Mechanical Manipulation of Cells and Organelle While Monitoring Intracellular Signaling
Hitoshi Tatsumi, Kimihide Hayakawa, Masahiro Sokabe

2. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Mechanosensing in Vascular Biology
Kimiko Yamamoto, Joji Ando

3. Mechanobiology During Vertebrate Organ Development
Makoto Asashima, Tatsuo Michiue, Kiyoshi Ohnuma, Yoshiro Nakajima, Yuzuru Ito

Part II. Tissue and Gravity

4. Mechanobiology in Skeletal Muscle: Conversion of Mechanical Information into Molecular Signal
Yuko Miyagoe-Suzuki, Shin’ichi Takeda

5. Mechanobiology in Space
Yuushi Okumura, Takeshi Nikawa

6. Mechanical Stress and Bone
Masaki Noda, Tadayoshi Hayata, Tetsuya Nakamoto, Takuya Notomi, Yoichi Ezura

7. TRP Channels and Mechanical Signals
Makoto Suzuki, Atsuko Mizuno

Part III. Skeletal Response

8. Osteoblast Biology and Mechanosensing
Pierre J. Marie

9. Osteocytes in Mechanosensing: Insights from Mouse Models and Human Patients
Ken Watanabe, Kyoji Ikeda

10. Osteocyte Mechanosensation and Transduction
Lynda Faye Bonewald

11. Mechanosensing and Signaling Crosstalks
Toshio Matsumoto, Rika Kuriwaka-Kido, Shinsuke Kido

12. Osteoblast Development in Bone Loss Due to Skeletal Unloading
Akinori Sakai, Toshitaka Nakamura

Part IV. Bone Signaling

13. Mechanosensing in Bone and the Role of Glutamate Signalling
Tim Skerry

14. Osteoclast Biology and Mechanosensing
Géraldine Pawlak, Virginie Vives, Emmanuelle Planus, Corinne Albiges-Rizo, Anne Blangy

Keywords: Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Human Physiology, Animal Physiology, Biophysics and Biological Physics, Biomedical Engineering