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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Mechanical Characterization for Cellular Mechanobiology: Current Trends and Future Prospects.

Badri Narayanan Narasimhan, Matthew S Ting, Tarek Kollmetz, Matthew S Horrocks, Anaïs E Chalard, Jenny Malmström

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Exploiting Matrix Stiffness to Overcome Drug Resistance.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Badri Narayanan NarasimhanDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Matthew S TingDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Tarek KollmetzDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Matthew S HorrocksDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Anaïs E ChalardDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Jenny MalmströmDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate mechanical characterization of adherent cells and their substrates is important for understanding the influence of mechanical properties on cells themselves. Recent mechanobiology studies outline the importance of mechanical parameters, such as stress relaxation and strain stiffening on the behavior of cells. Numerous techniques exist for probing mechanical properties and it is vital to understand the benefits of each technique and how they relate to each other. This mini review aims to guide the reader through the toolbox of mechanical characterization techniques by presenting well-established and emerging methods currently used to assess mechanical properties of substrates and cells.

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atomic force microscopybiointerfacesBrillouin microscopycell-substrate interactionsmagnetic tweezersmechanical propertiesmechanotransductiontraction force microscopy

Identifiers

PMID33282852
PMCPMC7689259

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