Theoretical models of vesicular transport and endothelial membrane interaction¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Weinbaum, Sheldon

Affiliations: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City College of The City University of New York New York, N. Y. 10031

Note: [1] Third International Congress of Biorheology Symposium on Molecular Forces in the Mechanics of Cell Membrane

Note: [] Invited by: Editor-in-Chief A.L. Copley

Abstract: At the cellular level the continuum theories for hydrodynamic diffusion and membrane elastic deformation will be modified by long range molecular level forces of electrodynamic and/or electrostatic origin. This talk will examine two important applications, (a) the intracellular Brownian motion of plasmalemmal vesicles and (b) the formation of intercellular tight and gap junctions, where van der Waals and electric double layer forces are believed to cause significant changes in the mechanical behavior of the cell.

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1979-164-504

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 16, no. 4-5, pp. 297-307, 1979