TY - GEN
T1 - Contribution of intermediate filaments to cell stiffness
AU - Wang, Ning
AU - Stamenovic, Dimitrijie
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The contribution of intermediate filaments to the steady mechanical response of adherent cells was assessed by measuring stiffness in wild-type and vimentin deficient fibroblasts using magnetic twisting cytometry. It was found that in the given range of applied stress, the wild-type cells exhibited greater stiffening than the vimentin-deficient cells. This shows that intermediate filaments contribute to strain-induced stiffening response of adherent cells.
AB - The contribution of intermediate filaments to the steady mechanical response of adherent cells was assessed by measuring stiffness in wild-type and vimentin deficient fibroblasts using magnetic twisting cytometry. It was found that in the given range of applied stress, the wild-type cells exhibited greater stiffening than the vimentin-deficient cells. This shows that intermediate filaments contribute to strain-induced stiffening response of adherent cells.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033324074
SN - 0780356756
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 67
BT - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1st Joint BMES / EMBS)
Y2 - 13 October 1999 through 16 October 1999
ER -