Oscillatory Microrheology, Creep Compliance and Stress Relaxation of Biological Cells Reveal Strong Correlations as Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy

A Universal Model for the Log-Normal Distribution of Elasticity in Polymeric Gels and Its Relevance to Mechanical Signature of Biological Tissues

(2021) Arnaud Millet   Biology-Basel

Cortical cell stiffness is independent of substrate mechanics

(2020) Johannes Rheinlaender et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Examination of the relationship between viscoelastic properties and the invasion of ovarian cancer cells by atomic force microscopy

(2020) Mengdan Chen et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Prestress and Area Compressibility of Actin Cortices Determine the Viscoelastic Response of Living Cells

(2020) Andrea Cordes et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network

(2020) Timothée Vignaud et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Differential Contributions of Actin and Myosin to the Physical Phenotypes and Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer Cells

(2019) Angelyn V. Nguyen et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Mechanical and migratory properties of normal, scar, and Dupuytren's fibroblasts

(2018) Prem Kumar Viji Babu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

A comparison of methods to assess cell mechanical properties

(2018) Pei-Hsun Wu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Adjustable viscoelasticity allows for efficient collective cell migration

(2018) Elias H. Barriga et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A one-step procedure to probe the viscoelastic properties of cells by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2018) Ya Hua Chim et al.   Scientific Reports

Dissipation of contractile forces: the missing piece in cell mechanics

(2017) Laetitia Kurzawa et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Comparison between power-law rheological parameters of living cells in frequency and time domains measured by atomic force microscopy

(2016) Ryosuke Takahashi et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Mechanical plasticity of cells

(2016) Navid Bonakdar et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Actin kinetics shapes cortical network structure and mechanics

(2016) M. Fritzsche et al.   Science Advances

Atomic Force Microscopy Mechanical Mapping of Micropatterned Cells Shows Adhesion Geometry-Dependent Mechanical Response on Local and Global Scales

(2015) Annafrancesca Rigato et al.   ACS Nano

Myosin II Activity Softens Cells in Suspension

(2015) Chii J. Chan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Imaging viscoelastic properties of live cells by AFM: power-law rheology on the nanoscale

(2015) Fabian M. Hecht et al.   Soft Matter

Local mechanical properties of bladder cancer cells measured by AFM as a signature of metastatic potential

(2015) Y. Abidine et al.   European Physical Journal Plus

SMIFH2 has effects on Formins and p53 that perturb the cell cytoskeleton

(2015) Tadamoto Isogai et al.   Scientific Reports

If Cell Mechanics Can Be Described by Elastic Modulus: Study of Different Models and Probes Used in Indentation Experiments

(2014) Nataliia Guz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Atomic force microscopy-based microrheology reveals significant differences in the viscoelastic response between malign and benign cell lines

(2014) J. Rother et al.   Open Biology

Small Molecules CK-666 and CK-869 Inhibit Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Complex by Blocking an Activating Conformational Change

(2013) Byron Hetrick et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Intracellular viscoelasticity of HeLa cells during cell division studied by video particle-tracking microrheology

(2013) Yin-Quan Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

Actin-based biomechanical features of suspended normal and cancer cells

(2013) Seyed Mohammad Ali Haghparast et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Wedged AFM-cantilevers for parallel plate cell mechanics

(2013) Martin P. Stewart et al.   METHODS

Creep compliance mapping by atomic force microscopy

(2013) Christoph Braunsmann et al.   POLYMER

Mechanics of spreading cells probed by atomic force microscopy

(2013) A. Pietuch et al.   Open Biology

Viscoelastic Properties of Differentiating Blood Cells Are Fate- and Function-Dependent

(2012) Andrew E. Ekpenyong et al.   PLoS One

The effects of cancer progression on the viscoelasticity of ovarian cell cytoskeleton structures

(2011) Alperen N. Ketene et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Experimental validation of atomic force microscopy-based cell elasticity measurements

(2011) Andrew R Harris et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Nonlinear viscoelasticity of adherent cells is controlled by cytoskeletal tension

(2010) Philip Kollmannsberger et al.   Soft Matter

An active biopolymer network controlled by molecular motors

(2009) G. H. Koenderink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A comparative study of living cell micromechanical properties by oscillatory optical tweezers

(2008) Ming-Tzo Wei et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Softening of the actin cytoskeleton by inhibition of myosin II

(2008) Jan Christian Martens et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Single Cell Mechanics: Stress Stiffening and Kinematic Hardening

(2008) Pablo Fernández et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS