Investigating cell mechanics with atomic force microscopy

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 104, 2015, Pages

  Haase, Kristina ^a   Pelling, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell strain; Force sensing; Mechanotransduction; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; MOBILE SECURITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CELL DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRAINS; FORCE SENSING; INELASTIC RESPONSE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NON-LINEAR MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; POLYMER;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HELA CELL LINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84923238415     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0970     Document Type: Review

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