Physics of cancer. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claudia Mierke.
• Authors: Mierke, Claudia
• Contents: Preface; About the author; Introduction; Part 1 Introduction to tumor biology from a biophysical point of view; 1 Initiation of a neoplasm or tumor; 2 Inflammation and cancer; Part 2 The role of the mechanical properties of cancer cells in cellular invasion; 3 Cellular stiffness and deformability; 4 Cell�cell and cell�matrix adhesion strength, local cell stiffness and forces; 5 Cytoskeletal remodeling dynamics; 6 Intermediate filaments and nuclear deformability during matrix invasion; 7 Cell surface tension, the mobility of cell surface receptors and their location in specific regions; Part 3 The impact of the tumor microenvironment on cellular; invasion; 8 The mechanical and structural properties of the microenvironment; 9 The impact of cells and substances within the extracellular matrix tissue on mechanical properties and cell invasion; Part 4 The impact of the mechanical and biochemical interaction of cancer cells with other cells in transendothelial migration; 10 The role of endothelial cell-cell adhesions 10-1; 11 The mechanical properties of endothelial cells altered by aggressive cancer cells; 12 The role of macrophages during cancer cell transendothelial migration; References
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.9940015714; Cancer cells; Cancer -- Molecular aspects; Metastasis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750311342; 9780750311366
• Related ISBNs: 9780750311359
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