What is it about?
Mechanical forces are important in maintaining cell and tissue structure. The manner by which this occurs involves force and energy balances.
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Why is it important?
This is important since any changes in forces applied to cells and tissues cues changes in the way tissues respond and alters disease processes.
Perspectives
Life under a gravitational field such as exists on earth is highly influenced by both gravity and internal forces that occur between cells and tissues. Cellular mutations that arise from exposure to UV radiation in the atmosphere in combination with external and internal forces alter cell and tissue physiology that can cause cancerous changes to tissues.
Frederick Silver
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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This page is a summary of: Do tensile and shear forces exerted on cells influence mechanotransduction through stored energy considerations?, BIOCELL, January 2024, Tsinghua University Press,
DOI: 10.32604/biocell.2024.047965.
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