Tissue Engineering
edited by
Bernhard Palsson et al

Features:

• Provides an overview of physiologic human systems

• Contains information on protein-surface interaction

• Presents information on tissue engineering of specific organs and systems

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 introduction to the literature. Then, the book reviews the status of tissue engineering of specific organs, including bone marrow, skeletal muscle, and cartilage.

Readers will acquire a good understanding of the engineering and cell biological fundamentals of tissue engineering and will develop ideas for further development of this emerging and important field.

Contents

1. An Outline of Cardiovascular Structure and Function
2. Endocrine System
3. Nervous System
4. Vision System
5. Auditory System
6. The Gastrointestinal System
7. Respiratory System
8. Tissue Engineering
9. Surface Immobilization of Adhesion Ligands for Investigations of Cell-Substrate Interactions
10. Biomaterials: Protein-Surface Interactions
11. Engineering Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
12. Regeneration Templates
13. Fluid Shear Stress Effects on Cellular Function
14. The Roles of Mass Transfer in Tissue Function
15. The Biology of Stem Cells
16. Cell Motility and Tissue Architecture
17. Tissue Microenvironments
18. The Importance of Stromal Cells
19. Tissue Engineering of Bone Marrow
20. Tissue Engineering of the Liver
21. Tissue Engineering in the Nervous System
22. Tissue Engineering of Skeletal Muscle
23. Tissue Engineering of Cartilage
24. Tissue Engineering of the Kidney

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