Infection by Plasmodium changes shape and stiffness of hepatic cells

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-19

  Eaton, Peter ^a   Zuzarte Luis, Vanessa ^b   Mota, Maria M ^b   Santos, Nuno C ^b   Prudêncio, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Hepatic cells; Liver; Malaria; Nanoindentation; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR REACTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATIC CELLS; INFECTED CELLS; LIVER CELLS; MALARIA; MALARIA PARASITE; NANOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; PARASITE-; PLASMODIUM; TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANES; LIVER; NANOINDENTATION; STIFFNESS;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; LIVER CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLASMODIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84855332785     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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