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Mechanical phenotyping of mouse embryonic stem cells: increase in stiffness with differentiation.
Cellular reprogramming - 1 Aug 2011
Pillarisetti Anand, Desai Jaydev P, Ladjal Hamid, Schiffmacher Andrew, Ferreira Antoine, Keefer Carol L
Abstract excerpt
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a promising tool to characterize the mechanical properties of biological materials and cells. In our studies, undifferentiated and early differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) were assessed individually using an AFM system to determine if we could detect changes in their mechanical properties by surface probing. Probes with pyramidal and spherical tips were...
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