Mechanical Stretch and Cytokines

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 et al.- 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 et al.- 6 An Anti-inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-13: Physiological Role in the Heart and Mechanoelectrical Feedback, Denis V. Abramochkin et al.- 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