"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Magnetics-based techniques from a physics of cancer perspective. 1. Examination of cancer cells and their ambient matrix using NMR and MRE -- 1.1. The principles of, and a short introduction to nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1.2. An overview of in-cell NMR techniques from prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells -- 1.3. A f…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Mechanosensing and the mechanotransduction of cells -- 1.1. An introduction to mechanosensation and mechanotransduction in living cells -- 1.2. Molecular mechanosensory behavior -- 1.3. The role of focal adhesion proteins -- 1.4. Interplay between mechanosensors -- 1.5. The interplay between focal adhesion proteins and…
"Version: 20250501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Matrix-modification by cells : exosomes and cancer -- 1.1. Summary -- 1.2. Introduction to the role of exosomes in cancer -- 1.3. Biogenesis of EVs -- 1.4. Cargo and biological make-up of EVs, such as exosomes -- 1.5. Cargo-centered view on the biogenesis of the exosomes and ectosomes -- 1.6. Regulation of cargo based …
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction to tumor biology from a biophysical point of view -- 1. Initiation of a neoplasm or tumor -- 1.1. Initiation of a neoplasm, tumor growth and neoangiogenesis -- 1.2. Malignant progression of cancer (metastasis) -- 1.3. Hallmarks of cancer -- 1.4. The impact of the mechanical properties of cancer cells …
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part IV. The effect of microtubules and the mechanical properties of the nucleus on matrix invasion -- 9. Microtubules during migration and matrix invasion -- 9.1. The structure and assembly of microtubules -- 9.2. The assembly of the mitotic spindle during cell division -- 9.3. Microtubules and cell motility -- 9.4. Effe…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to cell and matrix mechanics and experimental techniques -- 1.1. Introduction to cell migration and invasion -- 1.2. The effect of heterogeneity of cells and their microenvironments -- 1.3. Cell protuberances change the microenvironment during migration and invasion -- 1.4. Traditional migration and invasion…