Cortical stiffness of keratinocytes measured by lateral indentation with optical tweezers.

Keratin intermediate filaments are the principal structural element of epithelial cells. Their importance in providing bulk cellular stiffness is well recognized, but their role in the mechanics of cell cortex is less understood. In this study, we therefore compared the cortical stiffness of three k...

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Main Authors: Špela Zemljič Jokhadar, Biljana Stojković, Marko Vidak, Tjaša Sorčan, Mirjana Liovic, Marcos Gouveia, Rui D M Travasso, Jure Derganc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231606