Physics of cancer. Cellular and microenvironmental effects / Volume 2, (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Cellular and microenvironmental effects
• Further Information: Note: Claudia Mierke.
• Authors: Mierke, Claudia Tanja
• Contents: Preface About theauthor Introduction 1 Initiationof a neoplasm or tumor 2 Inflammationand cancer 3 Cellularstiffness and deformability 4 Cell–celland cell–matrix adhesion strength, local cell stiffness and forces 5 Cell surfacetension, the mobility of cell surface receptors and their location in specificregions 6 Cytoskeletalremodeling dynamics 7 Actinfilamen during matrix invasion 8 Intermediatefilaments during matrix invasion 9 Microtubulesduring migration and matrix invasion 10 Nucleardeformability during migration and matrix invasion 11 Themechanical and structural properties of the microenvironment 12 The impactof cells and substances within the extracellular matrix tissue on mechanicalproperties and cell invasion 13 The activerole of the tumor stroma in regulating cell invasion 14 The role ofendothelial cell-cell adhesions 15 Themechanical properties of endothelial cells altered by aggressive cancer cells 16 The role ofmacrophages during cancer cell transendothelial migration
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 616.9940015714; Cancer cells; Cancer -- Molecular aspects; Metastasis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750321174; 9780750321167
• Related ISBNs: 9780750321143
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