Atomic force microscopic measurement of the mechanical properties of intact endothelial cells in fresh arteries

RAPID ALDOSTERONE-INDUCED CELL VOLUME IN

RAPID ALDOSTERONE-INDUCED CELL VOLUME INCREASE OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS MEASURED BY THE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE

✍ STEFAN W. SCHNEIDER; YOSHIKO YANO; BAUER E. SUMPIO; BHANU P. JENA; JOHN P. GEIBE 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 402 KB

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a useful technique for imaging the surface of living cells in three dimensions. The authors applied AFM to obtain morphological information of individual cultured endothelial cells of bovine aorta under stationary and strain conditions and to simultaneously measure c