Comparison of the viscoelastic properties of normal hepatocytes and hepatocellular carcinoma cells under cytoskeletal perturbation

Biorheology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-290

  Wu, Z Z ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Long, M ^a   Wang, H B ^a   Song, G B ^a   Cai, S X ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Cytochalasin D; Hepatocytes; Micropipette aspiration; Vinblastine; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROPIPETTE; TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MICROMANIPULATION; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINBLASTINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033758365     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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