Cellular Mechanotransduction Mechanisms in Cardiovascular and Fibrotic Diseases

Preface
Yun Fang

1. Multi-scale geometry and mechanics of lipid monolayer collapse
Angelo Rosario Carotenuto, Nhung Nguyen, Kathleen Cao, Anna Gaffney, Ka Yee C. Lee, David Owen, Massimiliano Fraldi, Luca Deseri and Luka Pocivavsek

2. Cardiovascular mechanosensitive ion channels-Translating physical forces into physiological responses
Ibra S. Fancher

3. Atorvastatin and blood flow regulate expression of distinctive sets of genes in mouse carotid artery endothelium
Sandeep Kumar, Sanjoli Sur, Julian Perez, Catherine Demos, Dong-Won Kang, Chan Woo Kim,
Sarah Hu, Ke Xu, Jing Yang and Hanjoong Jo

4. Endothelial mechanotransduction in cardiovascular development and regeneration: Emerging approaches and animal models
Susana Cavallero, Ana M. Blázquez-Medela, Sandro Satta and Tzung K. Hsiai

5. "Enhancing" mechanosensing: Enhancers and enhancer-derived long non-coding RNAs in endothelial response to flow
Zhen Bouman Chen, Xuejing Liu and Aleysha T. Chen

6. SWI/SNF (BAF) complexes: From framework to a functional role in endothelial mechanotransduction
Sandeep Kumar

7. Mechanical forces and metabolic changes cooperate to drive cellular memory and endothelial phenotypes
Jin Li, Yun Fang and David Wu

8. Therapeutic perspectives of extracellular vesicles and extracellular microRNAs in atherosclerosis
Ya-Ju Chang and Kuei-Chun Wang

9. Mechanotransduction in fibrosis: Mechanisms and treatment targets
Chih-Fan Yeh, Caroline Chou and Kai-Chien Yang