| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Introduction Introduction. Bioengineering the heart Magdi Yacoub and Robert Nerem Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1253–1255. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2112.PMCID: PMC2042531 Research Articles The heart-forming fields: one or multiple? Antoon F.M Moorman, Vincent M Christoffels, Robert H Anderson, and Maurice J.B van den Hoff Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1257–1265. Published online 2007 June 20. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2113.PMCID: PMC2440394 Extracellular matrix, mechanotransduction and structural hierarchies in heart tissue engineering Kevin K Parker and Donald E Ingber Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1267–1279. Published online 2007 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2114.PMCID: PMC2440395 Designed triple-helical peptides as tools for collagen biochemistry and matrix engineering Takaki Koide Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1281–1291. Published online 2007 June 20. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2115.PMCID: PMC2440396 Applying elastic fibre biology in vascular tissue engineering Cay M Kielty, Simon Stephan, Michael J Sherratt, Matthew Williamson, and C. Adrian Shuttleworth Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1293–1312. Published online 2007 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2134.PMCID: PMC2440413 Biological matrices and bionanotechnology Patricia M Taylor Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1313–1320. Published online 2007 June 20. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2117.PMCID: PMC2440397 Cell-bionics: tools for real-time sensor processing Chris Toumazou and Tony Cass Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1321–1328. Published online 2007 June 27. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2118.PMCID: PMC2440398 Flow and myocardial interaction: an imaging perspective Guang-Zhong Yang, Robert Merrifield, Sharmeen Masood, and Philip J Kilner Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1329–1341. Published online 2007 June 21. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2119.PMCID: PMC2440399 Immune response to stem cells and strategies to induce tolerance Puspa Batten, Nadia A Rosenthal, and Magdi H Yacoub Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1343–1356. Published online 2007 June 21. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2120.PMCID: PMC2440400 Biomimetic approach to cardiac tissue engineering M Radisic, H Park, S Gerecht, C Cannizzaro, R Langer, and G Vunjak-Novakovic Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1357–1368. Published online 2007 June 26. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2121.PMCID: PMC2440401 Heart valve function: a biomechanical perspective Michael S Sacks and Ajit P Yoganathan Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1369–1391. Published online 2007 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2122.PMCID: PMC2440402 Fluid–structure interaction models of the mitral valve: function in normal and pathological states K.S Kunzelman, D.R Einstein, and R.P Cochran Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1393–1406. Published online 2007 June 20. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2123.PMCID: PMC2440403 Aortic root dynamics and surgery: from craft to science Allen Cheng, Paul Dagum, and D. Craig Miller Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1407–1419. Published online 2007 June 26. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2124.PMCID: PMC2440404 Heart valve macro- and microstructure Martin Misfeld and Hans-Hinrich Sievers Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1421–1436. Published online 2007 June 20. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2125.PMCID: PMC2440405 Molecular and functional characteristics of heart-valve interstitial cells Adrian H Chester and Patricia M Taylor Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1437–1443. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2126.PMCID: PMC2440406 Valvular endothelial cells and the mechanoregulation of valvular pathology Jonathan T Butcher and Robert M Nerem Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1445–1457. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2127.PMCID: PMC2440407 The shear stress of it all: the cell membrane and mechanochemical transduction Charles R White and John A Frangos Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1459–1467. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2128.PMCID: PMC2440408 Understanding endothelial cell apoptosis: what can the transcriptome, glycome and proteome reveal? Muna Affara, Benjamin Dunmore, Christopher Savoie, Seiya Imoto, Yoshinori Tamada, Hiromitsu Araki, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones, Satoru Miyano, and Cristin Print Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1469–1487. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2129.PMCID: PMC2440409 Valvulogenesis: the moving target Jonathan T Butcher and Roger R Markwald Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1489–1503. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2130.PMCID: PMC2440410 Tissue engineering of heart valves using decellularized xenogeneic or polymeric starter matrices Dörthe Schmidt, Ulrich A Stock, and Simon P Hoerstrup Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1505–1512. Published online 2007 June 22. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2131.PMCID: PMC2440411 Feeling into form Antony Gormley Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 August 29; 362(1484): 1513–1518. Published online 2007 June 14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2132.PMCID: PMC2440412 |