Nanomechanical Phenotype of Melanoma Cells Depends Solely on the Amount of Endogenous Pigment in the Cells

Nanomechanical Phenotype of Melanoma Cells Depends Solely on the Amount of Endogenous Pigment in the Cells

Cancer cells have unique nanomechanical properties, i.e., they behave as if they were elastic. This property of cancer cells is believed to be one of the main reasons for their facilitated ability to spread and metastasize. Thus, the so-called nanomechanical phenotype of cancer cells is viewed as an...

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Main Authors: Michal Sarna, Andrzej Zadlo, Barbara Czuba-Pelech, Krystyna Urbanska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
cancer cells
cell elasticity
nanomechanical phenotype
metastatic behavior
melanoma
melanin pigment
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/2/607

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