Mechanically Gated Channels and their Regulation

1. Force from Lipids: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Study Bacterial Mechanosensitive Ion Channels
Charles G. Cranfield, Anna Kloda, Takeshi Nomura, Evgeny Petrov, Andrew Battle, Maryrose Constantine, Boris Martinac

2. Mechanosensitive K2P channels, TREKking through the autonomic nervous system
J. Antonio Lamas

3. TRPV1 in Cell Signaling: Molecular Mechanisms of Function and Modulation
Tamara Rosenbaum, Andrés Jara-Oseguera

4. The Molecular Mechanism of Multifunctional Mechano-Gated Channel TRPV4
Makoto Suzuki, Astuko Mizuno

5. Mechanical Stretch and Intermediate-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Miho Sakata, Tatsuya Ohnishi, Shoji Kagami

6. Sensing Mechanism of Stretch Activated Ion Channels
Naomi Niisato, Yoshinori Marunaka

7. Ion Channels in Cardiac Fibroblasts: Link to Mechanically Gated Channels and their Regulation
Denis V. Abramochkin, Ilya Lozinsky, Andre Kamkin

8. The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Regulation of Ion Channels in the Cardiomyocytes: Link to Mechanically Gated Channels
Ekaterina Yu. Makarenko, Ilya Lozinsky, Andre Kamkin

9. The Role of Ion Channels in Cellular Mechanotransduction of Hydrostatic Pressure
Kevin D. Champaigne, Jiro Nagatomi

10. Lipid-Mediated Mechanisms Involved in the Mechanical Activation of TRPC6 and TRPV4 Channels in the Vascular Tone Regulation
Ryuji Inoue, Yaopeng Hu, Yubin Duan, Kyohei Itsuki

11. Stretch Effects on Atrial Conduction: A Potential Contributor to Arrhythmogenesis
Michela Masè, Flavia Ravelli

12. Early Activation of Intracellular Signals after Myocardial Stretch: Anrep Effect, Myocardial Hypertrophy and Heart Failure
Horacio E. Cingolani, María C. Villa-Abrille, Claudia I. Caldiz, Irene L. Ennis, Oscar H. Cingolani, Patricio E. Morgan, Ernesto A. Aiello, Néstor Gustavo Pérez

13. Recent Aspects of Angiotensin II Action in the Heart. Implications for Myocardial Ischemia and Heart Failure
Walmor C. De Mello

14. Mechanosensitivity of Pancreatic β-cells, Adipocytes, and Skeletal Muscle Cells: The Therapeutic Targets of Metabolic Syndrome
Koichi Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Tanabe, Kazuo Obara, Tomohisa Ishikawa

15. The Role of the Primary Cilium in Chondrocyte Response to Mechanical Loading
Angus K. T. Wann, Clare Thompson, Martin M. Knight

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Cell Physiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Pharmacy, Science, general