Force spectroscopy of single cells using atomic force microscopy

A Viljoen, M Mathelié-Guinlet, A Ray… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Physical forces and mechanical properties have critical roles in cellular function, physiology
and disease. Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have …

Mechanical stimulation and electrophysiological monitoring at subcellular resolution reveals differential mechanosensation of neurons within networks

KC Kasuba, AP Buccino, J Bartram, BM Gaub… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
A growing consensus that the brain is a mechanosensitive organ is driving the need for tools
that mechanically stimulate and simultaneously record the electrophysiological response of …

Biophysical approaches for applying and measuring biological forces

W Sun, X Gao, H Lei, W Wang, Y Cao - Advanced Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, increasing evidence has indicated that mechanical loads can
regulate the morphogenesis, proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of living cells …

Viscoelastic multiscale mechanical indexes for assessing liver fibrosis and treatment outcomes

Z Chang, L Zhang, JT Hang, W Liu, GK Xu - Nano Letters, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding liver tissue mechanics, particularly in the context of liver pathologies like
fibrosis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma, holds pivotal significance for assessing disease severity …

Silk fibroin, gelatin, and human placenta extracellular matrix-based composite hydrogels for 3D bioprinting and soft tissue engineering

KH Schneider, BJ Goldberg, O Hasturk, X Mu… - Biomaterials …, 2023‏ - spj.science.org
Background There is a great clinical need and it remains a challenge to develop artificial soft
tissue constructs that can mimic the biomechanical properties and bioactivity of natural …

New mechanical markers for tracking the progression of myocardial infarction

Z Chang, J Zhang, Y Liu, H Gao, GK Xu - Nano Letters, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The mechanical properties of soft tissues can often be strongly correlated with the
progression of various diseases, such as myocardial infarction (MI). However, the dynamic …

Branched actin cortices reconstituted in vesicles sense membrane curvature

L Baldauf, F Frey, MA Perez, T Idema, GH Koenderink - Biophysical journal, 2023‏ - cell.com
The actin cortex is a complex cytoskeletal machinery that drives and responds to changes in
cell shape. It must generate or adapt to plasma membrane curvature to facilitate diverse …

Monitoring the mass, eigenfrequency, and quality factor of mammalian cells

S Herzog, G Fläschner, I Incaviglia, JC Arias… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The regulation of mass is essential for the development and homeostasis of cells and
multicellular organisms. However, cell mass is also tightly linked to cell mechanical …

Viscoelastic properties of epithelial cells

A Janshoff - Biochemical society transactions, 2021‏ - portlandpress.com
Epithelial cells form tight barriers that line both the outer and inner surfaces of organs and
cavities and therefore face diverse environmental challenges. The response to these …

Reliable, standardized measurements for cell mechanical properties

S Pérez-Domínguez, SG Kulkarni, J Pabijan… - Nanoscale, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become indispensable for studying biological and
medical samples. More than two decades of experiments have revealed that cancer cells …