Contents:

• Cell Mechanics:
• Imaging and Mechanical Properties of Guinea Pig Outer Hair Cells Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy (H Wada et al.)
• Development of a Novel Micro Tensile Tester for Single Isolated Cells and Its Application to Viscoelastic Analysis of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells (T Matsumoto et al.)
• Shear Dependent Albumin Uptake in Cultured Endothelial Cells (K Tanishita et al.)
• Biomechanical and Biotribological Importance of Surface and Surface Zone in Articular Cartilage (T Murakami et al.)
• Cell Response to Mechanical Stimulation:
• Osteoblasts Mechanosensitivity to Localized Mechanical Stimulus Depends on Orientation of Cytoskeletal Actin Fibers (T Adachi & K Sato)
• Microbiomechanical Properties of Cultured Endothelial Cells Estimated by Atomic Force Microscopy (M Sato)
• Effects of Mechanical Stresses on the Migrating Behavior of Endothelial Cells (T Tanaka et al.)
• Tissue Engineering:
• Engineering Approaches to Regulate Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration (T Ushida et al.)
• A New Theory on the Localization of Vascular Diseases (T Karino et al.)
• Automorphogenesis of Load Bearing Fibrous Tissues: Generation of Tensile Stress, Cell Alignment, and Matrix Deformation by Fibroblasts (K Takakuda)
• Computational Biomechanics:
• Note on Anisotropic Properties of Cancellous Bone and Trabeculae: Elasticity and Hardness (M Tanaka et al.)
• Application of Computational Biomechanics to Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine (T Yamaguchi)
• Biomechanical Study for Skeletal Muscle Injury and a View of Micro-Biomechanics for Microstructure of Muscle (S Yamamoto & E Tanaka)
• Mechanical Behavior and Structural Changes of Cells Subjected to Mechanical Stimuli: Deformation, Freezing, and Shock Waves (H Yamada et al.)

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