Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: Fundamentals of Cell Adhesion; How Substrate Properties Control Cell Adhesion. A Physical–Chemical Approach; Is the Mechanics of Cell–Matrix Adhesion Amenable to Physical Modeling? Modulation of Cell Structure and Function in Response to Substrate Stiffness and External Forces; Cell/Material Interfaces: Influence of Surface Chemistry and Surface Topography on Cell Adhesion; Bacteria/Material Interfaces: Role of the Material and Cell Wall Properties; Role of Proteins and Water in the Initial Attachment of Mammalian Cells to Biomedical Surfaces: A Review; Part 2: Methods to Study Cell Adhesion; Applications of Micro- and Nano-technology to Study Cell Adhesion to Material Surfaces; Label-Free and Non-invasive Biosensor Cellular Assays for Cell Adhesion; Cell Adhesion Monitoring Using Substrate-Integrated Sensors; Methods to Measure the Strength of Cell Adhesion to Substrates; Use of the Atomic Force Microscope to Determine the Strength of Bacterial Attachment to Grooved Surface Features; Continuous Photobleaching to Study the Growth Modes of Focal Adhesions; Cell Adhesion to Ordered Pores: Consequences for Cellular Elasticity; Protein/Material Interfaces: Investigation on Model Surfaces; Addressable Cell Microarrays via Switchable Superhydrophobic Surfaces; Part 3: Surface Treatments to Control Cell Adhesion and Behavior; A Versatile Gradient of Biomolecules for Regulating Cell Behaviour; Evaluation of Cell Behaviour on Atmospheric Plasma Deposited; Siloxane and Fluorosiloxane Coatings; Similarities between Plasma Amino Functionalized PEEK and Titanium; Surfaces Concerning Enhancement of Osteoblast Cell Adhesion; Helium Plasma Treatment to Improve Biocompatibility and Blood Compatibility of Polycarbonate; Surface Engineering and Cell Adhesion; Part 4: Cell Adhesion in Medicine and Therapy: Selective Cell Control by Surface Structuring for Orthopedic Application; Inorganic PVD and CVD Coatings in Medicine — A Review of Protein and Cell Adhesion on Coated Surfaces; Plasma Polymer Surfaces for Cell Expansion and Delivery; Adhesion of Cells and Tissues to Bioabsorbable Polymeric Materials: Scaffolds, Surgical Tissue Adhesives and Anti-adhesive Materials; Phagocyte Decisions at Interfaces; Soluble Amyloid-? Protein Aggregates Induce Nuclear Factor-?B; Mediated Upregulation of Adhesion Molecule Expression to Stimulate; Brain Endothelium for Monocyte Adhesion

About the Author

Alain Carre, Kash L. Mittal

Reviews

"Este libro es de gran interés para cualquiera que esté interesado en adhesión celular, que es de una importancia vital para la vida humana."

[This book is of great interest to anyone interested in cell adhesion, which is of vital importance to human life.]

- A.M.F., Revista de Plásticos Modernos, Vol. 101, Nûmero 660, Septiembre 2011, p. 154.