Cellular Mechanotransduction Mechanisms in Cardiovascular and Fibrotic Diseases

Yun Fang works in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine Biological Sciences Division, College University of Chicago.

Preface Yun Fang 1. Multi-scale geometry and mechanics of lipid monolayer collapse Angelo Rosario Carotenuto, Nhung Nguyen, Kathleen Cao, Anna Gaffney, Ka Yee C. Lee, David Owen, Massimiliano Fraldi, Luca Deseri and Luka Pocivavsek 2. Cardiovascular mechanosensitive ion channels-Translating physical forces into physiological responses Ibra S. Fancher 3. Atorvastatin and blood flow regulate expression of distinctive sets of genes in mouse carotid artery endothelium Sandeep Kumar, Sanjoli Sur, Julian Perez, Catherine Demos, Dong-Won Kang, Chan Woo Kim, Sarah Hu, Ke Xu, Jing Yang and Hanjoong Jo 4. Endothelial mechanotransduction in cardiovascular development and regeneration: Emerging approaches and animal models Susana Cavallero, Ana M. Blázquez-Medela, Sandro Satta and Tzung K. Hsiai 5. "Enhancing" mechanosensing: Enhancers and enhancer-derived long non-coding RNAs in endothelial response to flow Zhen Bouman Chen, Xuejing Liu and Aleysha T. Chen 6. SWI/SNF (BAF) complexes: From framework to a functional role in endothelial mechanotransduction Sandeep Kumar 7. Mechanical forces and metabolic changes cooperate to drive cellular memory and endothelial phenotypes Jin Li, Yun Fang and David Wu 8. Therapeutic perspectives of extracellular vesicles and extracellular microRNAs in atherosclerosis Ya-Ju Chang and Kuei-Chun Wang 9. Mechanotransduction in fibrosis: Mechanisms and treatment targets Chih-Fan Yeh, Caroline Chou and Kai-Chien Yang