Mammalian airways are highly ramified tree-like structures that develop by the repetitive
branching of the lung epithelium into the surrounding mesenchyme through reciprocal …

The ability of cells to proliferate, differentiate, transduce extracellular signals and assemble
tissues involves structural connections between nucleus and cytoskeleton. Yet, how the …

Lung branching morphogenesis proceeds in three stereotyped modes (domain, planar, and
orthogonal branching). Much is known about the molecular players, including growth factors …

This chapter presents the cytoplasm and the contained organelles from a biomechanical
point of view. Thereby the entire cell is treated as gel with associated physical features …