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  • ISSN 1674-8301
  • CN 32-1810/R
Liu Xiaowei, Nakamura Fumihiko. Mechanotransduction, nanotechnology, and nanomedicine[J]. The Journal of Biomedical Research, 2021, 35(4): 284-293. DOI: 10.7555/JBR.34.20200063
Citation: Liu Xiaowei, Nakamura Fumihiko. Mechanotransduction, nanotechnology, and nanomedicine[J]. The Journal of Biomedical Research, 2021, 35(4): 284-293. DOI: 10.7555/JBR.34.20200063

Mechanotransduction, nanotechnology, and nanomedicine

  • Mechanotransduction, a conversion of mechanical forces into biochemical signals, is essential for human development and physiology. It is observable at all levels ranging from the whole body, organs, tissues, organelles down to molecules. Dysregulation results in various diseases such as muscular dystrophies, hypertension-induced vascular and cardiac hypertrophy, altered bone repair and cell deaths. Since mechanotransduction occurs at nanoscale, nanosciences and applied nanotechnology are powerful for studying molecular mechanisms and pathways of mechanotransduction. Atomic force microscopy, magnetic and optical tweezers are commonly used for force measurement and manipulation at the single molecular level. Force is also used to control cells, topographically and mechanically by specific types of nano materials for tissue engineering. Mechanotransduction research will become increasingly important as a sub-discipline under nanomedicine. Here we review nanotechnology approaches using force measurements and manipulations at the molecular and cellular levels during mechanotransduction, which has been increasingly play important role in the advancement of nanomedicine.
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