Optical characterization of pericellular mechanical heterogeneity

Mark Keating; Abhishek Kurup; Elliot Botvinick

doi:10.1364/FIO.2015.FTu5F.1

Frontiers in Optics 2015
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2015),
paper FTu5F.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2015.FTu5F.1

Optical characterization of pericellular mechanical heterogeneity

Mark Keating, Abhishek Kurup, and Elliot Botvinick

Frontiers in Optics 2015

San Jose, California United States
18–22 October 2015
ISBN: 978-1-943580-03-3

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Abstract

While there is strong evidence for roles of bulk tissue stiffness in cell regulation, roles for the pericellular mechanical microenvironment are less clear. We use optical microrheology to study these roles in 3D tissue culture.

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