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Mechanosensitivity of Cancer Cells in Contact with Soft Substrates Using AFM
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Human breast cancer invasion and aggression correlates with ECM stiffening and immune cell infiltration
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Cancer Cell Stiffness: Integrated Roles of Three-Dimensional Matrix Stiffness and Transforming Potential
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Physical confinement alters tumor cell adhesion and migration phenotypes
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Tapered Microtract Array Platform for Antimigratory Drug Screening of Human Glioblastoma Multiforme
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Substrate dependent differences in morphology and elasticity of living osteoblasts investigated by atomic force microscopy
resolves10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.008
Force Triggers YAP Nuclear Entry by Regulating Transport across Nuclear Pores
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The pathogenesis of cancer metastasis: the 'seed and soil' hypothesis revisited
resolves10.1242/jcs.212886
Micropatterning as a tool to identify regulatory triggers and kinetics of actin-mediated endothelial mechanosensing
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The Optical Stretcher: A Novel Laser Tool to Micromanipulate Cells
resolves10.1529/biophysj.104.045476
Optical Deformability as an Inherent Cell Marker for Testing Malignant Transformation and Metastatic Competence
resolves10.1007/s10555-008-9173-4
Mechanics, malignancy, and metastasis: The force journey of a tumor cell
resolves10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07219.x
Increased leukaemia cell stiffness is associated with symptoms of leucostasis in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
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The Application of Micropipette Aspiration in Molecular Mechanics of Single Cells
resolves10.1091/mbc.E18-02-0106
Actomyosin stress fiber subtypes have unique viscoelastic properties and roles in tension generation
resolves10.1007/s002490050213
Elasticity of normal and cancerous human bladder cells studied by scanning force microscopy
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Extent of Cell Confinement in Microtracks Affects Speed and Results in Differential Matrix Strains
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Mechanical properties of cancer cytoskeleton depend on actin filaments to microtubules content: Investigating different grades of colon cancer cell lines
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Involvement of YAP, TAZ and HSP90 in Contact Guidance and Intercellular Junction Formation in Corneal Epithelial Cells
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Comparison of the viscoelastic properties of cells from different kidney cancer phenotypes measured with atomic force microscopy
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Comparison of viscoelastic properties of cancer and normal thyroid cells on different stiffness substrates
resolves10.1039/C7NR02940C
Influence of microenvironment topography and stiffness on the mechanics and motility of normal and cancer renal cells
resolves10.1039/C8SM01585F
Combined atomic force microscopy (AFM) and traction force microscopy (TFM) reveals a correlation between viscoelastic material properties and contractile prestress of living cells
resolves10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.042
Migration Phenotype of Brain-Cancer Cells Predicts Patient Outcomes
resolves10.1038/srep19686
Correlating confocal microscopy and atomic force indentation reveals metastatic cancer cells stiffen during invasion into collagen I matrices
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Mechanical Stiffness Grades Metastatic Potential in Patient Tumor Cells and in Cancer Cell Lines
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AACR Centennial Series: The Biology of Cancer Metastasis: Historical Perspective
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Cell Stiffness Is a Biomarker of the Metastatic Potential of Ovarian Cancer Cells
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