Cell Mechanics : From Single Scale-Based Models to Multiscale Modeling

ISBN-13: 9781420094541 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 482 str.

Arnaud Chauviere; Luigi Preziosi; Verdier Claude

Opis

Ubiquitous and fundamental in cell mechanics, multiscale problems can arise in the growth of tumors, embryogenesis, tissue engineering, and more. Cell Mechanics: From Single Scale-Based Models to Multiscale Modeling brings together new insight and research on mechanical, mathematical, physical, and biological approaches for simulating the behavior of cells, specifically tumor cells.In the first part of the text, the book discusses the powerful tool of microrheology for investigating cell mechanical properties, multiphysics and multiscale approaches for studying intracellular mechanisms in cell motility, and the role of subcellular effects involving certain genes for inducing cell motility in cancer.

Spis treści

From Subcellular to Cellular Properties. Single Cell Migration Modeling. Mechanical Effects of Environment on Cell Behavior. From Cellular to Multicellular Models. Index.

O autorze

Arnaud Chauvière is an assistant professor of health informatics in the Health Science Center at the University of Texas in Houston.

Luigi Preziosi is a professor of mathematical physics at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy.

Claude Verdier is a research director at CNRS in Grenoble, France.