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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology1989

Viscoelasticity of F-actin measured with magnetic microparticles.

K S Zaner, P A Valberg

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 1989. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cell sorting is analogous to phase ordering in fluids.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2000
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  14. Behaviour of magnetic micro-particles in the human lung.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 1993
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  16. Liquid crystal domains and thixotropy of filamentous actin suspensions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1990
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

K S ZanerHematology-Oncology Section, Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts.
P A Valberg

Funding

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON MACROPHAGESR01CA040696 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BRAIN, JOSEPH D · 1986 to 1991
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MAGNETIC PARTICLES TO ASSESS MACROPHAGE BEHAVIORR01HL031029 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BRAIN, JOSEPH D · 1985 to 1985
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USE OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES TO ASSESS MACROPHAGE BEHAVIORR37HL031029 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BRAIN, JOSEPH D · 1986 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS CA-40696NHLBI NIH HHS HL-31029NIGMS NIH HHS GM-37590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dispersed submicroscopic magnetic particles were used to probe viscoelasticity for cytoplasm and purified components of cytoplasm. An externally applied magnetic field exerted force on particles in cells, in filamentous actin (F-actin) solutions, or in F-actin gels formed by the addition of the actin gelation factor, actin-binding protein (ABP). The particle response to magnetic torque can be related to the viscoelastic properties of the fluids. We compared data obtained on F-actin by the magnetic particle method with data obtained on F-actin by means of a sliding plane viscoelastometer. F-actin solutions had a significant elasticity, which increased by 20-fold when gels were formed by ABP addition. Both methods gave consistent results, but the dispersed magnetic particles indicated quantitatively greater rigidity than the viscoelastometer (two and six times greater for F-actin solutions and for F-actin plus ABP gels, respectively). These differences may be due to the fact that, compared with traditional microrheometers, dispersed particle measurements are less affected by long-range heterogeneity or domain-like structure. The magnetometric method was used to examine the mechanical properties of cytoplasm within intact macrophages; the application of the same magnetometric technique to both cells and well-defined, purified protein systems is a first step toward interpreting the results obtained for living cells in molecular terms. The magnetic particle probe system is an effective nonoptical technique for determining the motile and mechanical properties of cells in vitro and in vivo.

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MagneticsActinsAnimalsCricetinaeElasticityMacrophagesMathematicsMicroscopy, ElectronModels, TheoreticalMusclesRabbitsViscosityActins

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PMID2808527
PMCPMC2115855

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