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SUBMITTER: Mandriota N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754298 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature materials 20190617 10
Cell stiffness measurements have led to insights into various physiological and pathological processes<sup>1,2</sup>. Although many cellular behaviours are influenced by intracellular mechanical forces<sup>3-6</sup> that also alter the material properties of the cell, the precise mechanistic relationship between intracellular forces and cell stiffness remains unclear. Here we develop a cell mechanical imaging platform with high spatial resolution that reveals the existence of nanoscale stiffness ...[more]