Tissue Engineering (Principles and Applications in Engineering)

Content: SECTION I. PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS -- Introduction / Robert Plonsey -- Outline of cardiovascular structure and function / Daniel J. Schneck -- Endocrine system / Derek G. Cramp, Ewart R. Carson -- Nervous system / Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou -- Vision system / George Stetten -- Auditory system / Ben M. CLopton, Francis A. Spelman -- Gastrointestinal system / Berj L. Bardakjian -- Respiratory system / Arthur T. Johnson, Christopher G. Lausted, Joseph D. Bronzino -- SECTION II. TISSUE ENGINEERING -- Introduction / Bernhard Ø. Palsson, Jeffrey A. Hubbell -- Fundamentals of tissue engineering / François Berthiaume, Martin L. Yarmush -- Surface immobilization of adhesion ligands for investigations of cell-substrate interactions / Paul D. Drumheller, Jeffrey A. Hubbell -- Biomaterials: protein-surface interactions / Joseph A. Chin, Steven M. Slack -- Engineering biomaterials for tissue engineering: the 10-100 micron size scale / David J. Mooney, Robert S. Langer -- Fluid shear stress effects on cellular function / Charles W. Patrick, Jr., Rangarajan Sampath, Larry V. McIntire -- Roles of mass transfer in tissue function / Edwin N. Lightfoot, Karen A. Duca -- Biology of stem cells / Craig T. Jordan, Gary Van Zant -- Cell motility and tissue architecture / Graham A. Dunn -- Tissue microenvironments / Michael W. Long -- Importance of stromal cells / Brian A. Naughton -- Tissue engineering of bone marrow / Manfred R. Koller, Bernhard Ø. Palsson -- Tissue engineering of the liver / Tae Ho Kim, Joseph P. Vacanti -- Tissue engineering in the nervous system / Ravi Bellamkonda, Patrick Aebischer -- Tissue engineering of skeletal muscle / Susan V. Brooks, John A. Faulkner -- Tissue engineering of cartilage / L.E. Freed, G. Vunjak-Novakovic -- Tissue engineering of the kidney / H. David Humes A volume in the new Principles and Applications in Engineering series, Tissue Engineering provides an overview of the major physiologic systems of current interest to biomedical engineers: cardiovascular, endocrine, nervous, visual, auditory, gastrointestinal, and respiratory. It contains useful definitions, tables of basic physiologic data, and an