Keratins significantly contribute to cell stiffness and impact invasive behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 18507-18512

  Seltmann, Kristin ^a   Fritsch, Anatol W ^b   Käs, Josef A ^b   Magin, Thomas M ^a  

^a Institute of Biology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boyden chamber; Cell mechanics; Intermediate filaments; Optical stretcher

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; KERATIN; LATRUNCULIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEFORMABILITY; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL STIFFNESS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOYDEN CHAMBER; CELL MECHANICS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; OPTICAL STRETCHER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDOLES; KERATINS; MICE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN; VINCULIN;

EID: 84887459782     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310493110     Document Type: Article

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