Model-based Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Differential Tension in Cellular Actin Bundles

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Soiné, Jérôme R D ^a   Brand, Christoph A ^a   Stricker, Jonathan ^b   Oakes, Patrick W ^b   Gardel, Margaret L ^b   Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROTEINS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

ADHERENT CELLS; CELL FORCES; CELL SUBSTRATES; CELLULARS; ELASTICITY THEORY; MODEL-BASED OPC; SOFT POLYMERS; STRESS FIBERS; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPIES;

SUBSTRATES;

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL TENSION; FOCAL ADHESION; FOURIER TRANSFORM TRACTION CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MODEL BASED TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STRESS FIBER; U2OS CELL LINE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84926343527     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004076     Document Type: Article

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