Mechanical Stretch and Cytokines

By André Kamkin

Book Overview

Foreword by Leonid V. Rosenshtraukh; Editorial, Andre Kamkin and Irina Kiseleva.- 1 Cytokine System, Andrey A. Simbirtsev and Ivan G. Kozlov.- 2 Mechanical stretching of cells of different tissues: The role of mediators of innate immunity, Leonid V. Kovalchuk, Marina Khoreva, Anna Nikonova, Viktor E. Kazanski, Ilya Lozinsky, Irina N. D'iakonova, and Andre Kamkin.- 3 Mechanosensitive pro-inflammatory gene expression in vascular cells, Marco Cattaruzza, Andreas H. Wagner, and Markus Hecker.- 4 Cytokines, heart and calcium current in sepsis, Stengl Milan, Prucha Miroslav, and Matejovic Martin.- 5 The role of proinflammatory cytokines in regulation of cardiac bioelectrical activity: Link to mechanoelectrical feedback, Vlad S. Kuzmin, Denis V. Abramochkin, Vadim M. Mitrochin, Bo Tian, Ekaterina Yu. Makarenko, Leonid V. Kovalchuk, Marina V. Khoreva, Anna Nikonova, Leonid Kalugin, Natalia N. Lysenko, Ilya Lozinsky, Alexander Rozanov, Grigory Arutyunov, Irina Kiseleva, and Andre Kamkin.- 6 An Anti-inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-13: Physiological Role in the Heart and Mechanoelectrical Feedback, Denis V. Abramochkin, Ekaterina Yu. Makarenko, Vadim M. Mitrochin, Leonid Kalugin, Leonid V. Kovalchuk, Marina V. Khoreva, Anna Nikonova, Ilya Lozinsky, and Andre Kamkin.- 7 Mechanical Stretch and Cytokine Synthesis in Pulmonary Endothelial Cells, Satoru Ito and Yoshinori Hasegawa.- 8 Implications of cytokines in cochlear pathophysiology, Keiji Tabuchi and Akira Hara.- 9 Primary cilia are mechanosensory organelles with chemosensory roles, Brian S. Muntean, Xingjian Jin, and Surya M. Nauli.- 10 Identification of mechanosensitive genes in chondrocytes and osteoblasts and their role in OA pathogenesis, Yves Henrotin, Laurence Pesesse, and Christelle Sanchez.- Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400737890
• ISBN13: 9789400737891
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"