1. Special Issue: Experiments and Modeling in Micro- and Nano-Biomechanics

   • Mian Long
   • Fan Yuan

   Editorial 16 August 2011 Pages: 325 - 326

2. Advances in Experiments and Modeling in Micro- and Nano-Biomechanics: A Mini Review

   • Mian Long
   • Masaaki Sato
   • Yasuhiro Inoue

   OriginalPaper 15 June 2011 Pages: 327 - 339

   

3. Effects of Hypertension on Morphological, Contractile and Mechanical Properties of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

   • Takeo Matsumoto
   • Mitsunobu Yamamoto
   • Masaaki Sato

   OriginalPaper 15 June 2011 Pages: 340 - 347

   

4. Dynamic Change in Morphology and Traction Forces at Focal Adhesions in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells During Contraction

   • Kazuaki Nagayama
   • Takeo Matsumoto

   OriginalPaper 22 April 2011 Pages: 348 - 357

   

5. RACK1 Regulates Src Activity on Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by Cyclic Strain

   • Ying-Xin Qi
   • Qing-Ping Yao
   • Zong-Lai Jiang

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2011 Pages: 358 - 367

   

6. Role of Intercellular Junctions in Redistribution of Focal Adhesions and Orientation of Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Cyclic Stretching

   • Wenjing Huang
   • Naoya Sakamoto
   • Masaaki Sato

   OriginalPaper 18 August 2011 Pages: 368 - 378

   

7. Primary Cilia-Mediated Osteogenic Response to Fluid Flow Occurs via Increases in Focal Adhesion and Akt Signaling Pathway in MC3T3-E1 Osteoblastic Cells

   • Ok Hee Jeon
   • Yeong-Min Yoo
   • Chi Hyun Kim

   OriginalPaper 02 August 2011 Pages: 379 - 388

   

8. Effect of Actomyosin Contractility on Lamellipodial Protrusion Dynamics on a Micropatterned Substrate

   • Kennedy Omondi Okeyo
   • Masuzo Nagasaki
   • Taiji Adachi

   ReviewPaper 28 July 2011 Pages: 389 - 398

   

9. Human Corneal Keratocyte Response to Micro- and Nano-Gratings on Chitosan and PDMS

   • Stephanie Koo
   • Sang Joon Ahn
   • Evelyn K. F. Yim

   OriginalPaper 16 July 2011 Pages: 399 - 410

   

10. Collective Migration Behaviors of Human Breast Cancer Cells in 2D

    • Earnest Mendoz
    • Chwee Teck Lim

    OriginalPaper 02 September 2011 Pages: 411 - 426

    

11. Modeling of Cell Aggregation Dynamics Governed by Receptor–Ligand Binding Under Shear Flow

    • Changliang Fu
    • Chunfang Tong
    • Mian Long

    OriginalPaper 26 April 2011 Pages: 427 - 441

    

12. Frequency-Dependent Focal Adhesion Instability and Cell Reorientation Under Cyclic Substrate Stretching

    • Yuan Zhong
    • Dong Kong
    • Baohua Ji

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2011 Pages: 442 - 456

    

13. Anomalous Subdiffusion of Calcium Spark in Cardiac Myocytes

    • Kaitao Li
    • Chaoqi Fu
    • Wenchang Tan

    OriginalPaper 30 April 2011 Pages: 457 - 465

    

14. Probing the Chemo-Mechanical Effects of an Anti-Cancer Drug Emodin on Breast Cancer Cells

    • Shy Chyi Wuang
    • Benoit Ladoux
    • Chwee Teck Lim

    OriginalPaper 04 March 2011 Pages: 466 - 475

    

15. Fragmin/Protamine Microparticles (F/P MPs) as Cell Carriers Enhance the Formation and Growth of Tumors In Vivo

    • Isao Kumano
    • Satoko Kishimoto
    • Masayuki Ishihara

    OriginalPaper 30 April 2011 Pages: 476 - 483

    

16. Structural and Compositional Changes in Peri- and Extracellular Matrix of Osteoarthritic Cartilage Modulate Chondrocyte Morphology

    • Rami K. Korhonen
    • Petro Julkunen
    • Simo Saarakkala

    OriginalPaper 18 May 2011 Pages: 484 - 494

    

17. Conformational Transition of Glycoprotein Ibα Mutants in Flow Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    • Qingsheng Huang
    • Jizhong Lou
    • Cheng Zhu

    OriginalPaper 20 May 2011 Pages: 495 - 504