Table 2 Viscoelastic parameters of MDA-MB-231 cells without (control) and with doxycycline induction (Syk-expressing).

From: Measuring nanoscale viscoelastic parameters of cells directly from AFM force-displacement curves

MDA-MB-231 cell line

E Hertz (kPa)

E 0 (kPa)

α

Control (N = 69)

0.55 ± 0.39 (0.44 ± 0.17)

1.3 ± 0.7 (1.3 ± 0.4)

0.17 ± 0.06 (0.16 ± 0.04)

Induced with doxycycline (Syk-expressing) (N = 69)

0.74 ± 0.40 (0.63 ± 0.21)

1.6 ± 0.7 (1.5 ± 0.4)

0.15 ± 0.04 (0.14 ± 0.03)

  1. N is the number of measured cells. Mean ± s.d. (median ± m.a.d.). All cells were at 60–80% confluence.
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