Relationships among cell morphology, intrinsic cell stiffness and cell-substrate interactions

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 9754-9762

  Chiang, Martin Y M ^a   Yangben, Yanzi ^b   Lin, Nancy J ^a   Zhong, Julia L ^b   Yang, Li ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell modulus; Cell morphology; Cell material interaction; Free energy; Roundness; Substrate rigidity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE ENERGY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTION; CELL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; DESTABILIZING INFLUENCES; ROUNDNESS; SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS; TOTAL FREE ENERGY;

CELLS; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATES;

CYTOLOGY;

ADHERENT CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL ENERGY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENERGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STEADY STATE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CELL MODULUS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTION; FREE ENERGY; ROUNDNESS; SUBSTRATE RIGIDITY;

CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SHAPE; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84885375312     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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