Comparison of mechanical properties of normal and malignant thyroid cells

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1267-1272

  Prabhune, Meenakshi ^a   Belge, Gazanfer ^a   Dotzauer, Andreas ^a   Bullerdiek, Jörn ^a   Radmacher, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; AFM; Cancer; Cell mechanics; Cytoskeleton; Elastic modulus; Thyroid cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AFM; CANCER; CELL MECHANICS; CYTOSKELETONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS;

BIOMECHANICS;

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84865808422     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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