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Title: | Quantifying forces in cell biology |
Author: | Roca-Cusachs Soulere, Pere Conte, Vito Trepat Guixer, Xavier |
Keywords: | Cèl·lules Citosquelet Membranes cel·lulars Propietats mecàniques Cells Cytoskeleton Cell membranes Mechanical properties |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2017 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Cells exert, sense, and respond to physical forces through an astounding diversity of mechanisms. Here we review recently developed tools to quantify the forces generated by cells. We first review technologies based on sensors of known or assumed mechanical properties, and discuss their applicability and limitations. We then proceed to draw an analogy between these human-made sensors and force sensing in the cell. As mechanics is increasingly revealed to play a fundamental role in cell function we envisage that tools to quantify physical forces may soon become widely applied in life-sciences laboratories. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3564 |
It is part of: | Nature Cell Biology, 2017, vol. 19, num. 7, p. 742-751 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/180611 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3564 |
ISSN: | 1465-7392 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)) Publicacions de projectes de recerca finançats per la UE Articles publicats en revistes (Biomedicina) |
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