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ReviewNature methods2013

Multiparametric imaging of biological systems by force-distance curve-based AFM.

Yves F Dufrêne, David Martínez-Martín, Izhar Medalsy, David Alsteens, Daniel J Müller

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Review in Nature methods, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers.

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132citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

132 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yves F DufrêneInstitute of Life Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. yves.dufrene@uclouvain.be
David Martínez-Martín
Izhar Medalsy
David Alsteens
Daniel J MüllerORCID 0000000330750665

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A current challenge in the life sciences is to understand how biological systems change their structural, biophysical and chemical properties to adjust functionality. Addressing this issue has been severely hampered by the lack of methods capable of imaging biosystems at high resolution while simultaneously mapping their multiple properties. Recent developments in force-distance (FD) curve-based atomic force microscopy (AFM) now enable researchers to combine (sub)molecular imaging with quantitative mapping of physical, chemical and biological interactions. Here we discuss the principles and applications of advanced FD-based AFM tools for the quantitative multiparametric characterization of complex cellular and biomolecular systems under physiological conditions.

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HumansKeratinocytesMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMolecular ImagingNanotechnologyProteinsVirusesProteins

Identifiers

PMID23985731

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