Evidence from physical sciences in oncology increasingly suggests that the interplay
between the biophysical tumor microenvironment and genetic regulation has significant …

Electric field (EF) stimulation can play a vital role in eliciting appropriate stem cell response.
Such an approach is recently being established to guide stem cell differentiation through …

Mechanosensing, the transduction of extracellular mechanical stimuli into intracellular
biochemical signals, is a fundamental property of living cells. However, endowing synthetic …

Stem cells respond to nanoscale surface features, with changes in cell growth and
differentiation mediated by alterations in cell adhesion. The interaction of nanotopographical …

Electrical stimulation (EStim) has been shown to promote bone healing and regeneration
both in animal experiments and clinical treatments. Therefore, incorporating EStim into …

The role of tumor microenvironment in cancer progression is gaining significant attention. It
is realized that cancer cells and the corresponding stroma co-evolve with time. Cancer cells …

Diarthrodial joints are essential for load bearing and locomotion. Physiologically, articular
cartilage sustains millions of cycles of mechanical loading. Chondrocytes, the cells in …

Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that can be initiated by altered joint loading or injury of the
cartilage. The mechanically sensitive PIEZO ion channels have been shown to transduce …

Cellular behavior is continuously affected by microenvironmental forces through the process
of mechanotransduction, in which mechanical stimuli are rapidly converted to biochemical …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …