Vascular Engineering

1. Introduction
Kazuo Tanishita, Kimiko Yamamoto

2. Fundamentals of Vascular Bio-fluid and Solid Mechanics
Masako Sugihara-Seki, Hiroshi Yamada

3. Fundamentals of Physiology and Biology of Vascular System
Tomohiro Aoki, Kimiko Yamamoto

4. Hemodynamics in Physio- and Pathological Vessels
Shigeru Tada, John M. Tarbell

5. Cyclic Stretch-Induced Reorganization of Stress Fibers in Endothelial Cells
Roland Kaunas, Shinji Deguchi

6. Mechanical Characterization of Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Fluid Shear Stress
Toshiro Ohashi

7. Tensile Properties of Smooth Muscle Cells, Elastin, and Collagen Fibers
Takeo Matsumoto, Shukei Sugita, Kazuaki Nagayama

8. Mechanobiology of Endothelial Cells Related to the Formation of Arterial Disease
Noriyuki Kataoka

9. Mechanotransduction of Shear Stress by the Endothelium
Peter J. Butler

10. Mechanobiology of Endothelial Cells Related to the Pathogenesis of Arterial Disease
Susumu Kudo

11. Vascular Engineering of Blood Coagulation
Shinya Goto

12. Vascular Engineering to Make Blood-Compatible Surface
Hiroshi Ujiie, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Dieter Liepsch

13. Vascular Engineering of Circulatory Assist Devices
Masahiro Nishida

14. Innovations in Measuring Cellular Mechanics
Navid Bonakdar, Achim Schilling, Richard Gerum, José Luis Alonso, Wolfgang H. Goldmann

15. Innovation of Vascular Engineering by Mechanomedicine
Ken Takahashi, Keiji Naruse

16. Integrated Vascular Engineering: Vascularization of Reconstructed Tissue
Ryo Sudo, Seok Chung, Yoojin Shin, Kazuo Tanishita

17. Novel Technology to Assay the Multicellular Network: On-Chip Cellomics Technology
Kenji Yasuda

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Angiology, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Engineering