Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Engineering of the Vascular System

Chapter 1: The Role of Endothelial Surface Glycocalyx in Mechanosensing and Transduction.- Chapter 2: The Molecular Structure Of The Endothelial Gycocalyx Layer (EGL) and Surface Layers (ESL) Modulation of Transvascular Exchange.- Chapter 3: Role of the Glycocalyx as a Barrier to Leukocyte-Endothelium Adhesion.- Chapter 4: Mechanobiology and Vascular Remodeling: from Membrane to Nucleus.- Chapter 5: Endothelial nuclear lamina in mechanotransduction under shear stress.- Chapter 6: Regional heterogeneity in the regulation of vasoconstriction in arteries and its role in vascular mechanics.- Chapter 7: Microcalcifications, their genesis, growth and biomechanical stability in fibrous cap rupture.- Chapter 8: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Pathomechanics: Current Understanding and Future Directions.- Chapter 9: Vascular intervention: from angioplasty to bioresorbable vascular scaffold.- Chapter 10: On the physics underlying longitudinal capillary recruitment.- Chapter 11: Tumor Metastasis in the Microcirculation.- Chapter 12: Modelling Cell Adhesion and Extravasation in Microvascular system.- Chapter 13: Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier.- Chapter 14: Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and Clearance of Amyloid-beta from the BBB.- Chapter 15: Mathematical Models of Cell Response Following Heating.- Chapter 16: Hypothermia Used in Medical Applications for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Patients.- Chapter 17: Biomechanical Changes of Tympanic Membrane to Blast Waves.