Stiffness of cancer cells measured with an AFM indentation method

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-111

  Hayashi, Kozaburo ^a,b,c   Iwata, Mayumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Cancer cell; Indentation test; Stiffness; Young's elastic modulus

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; MOBILE SECURITY; PATHOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

AFM STUDIES; CANCER CELLS; INDENTATION METHOD; INDENTATION TEST; LINEAR STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL REGIONS; YOUNG'S ELASTIC MODULUS;

CELLS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELA CELL LINE; HERTZIAN MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDENTATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84929575044     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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