Table 1 Elastic modulus measurements for different cell types.
From: The mechanical properties of individual cell spheroids
Cell type | Method | Elastic Modulus (Pa) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Human aortic endothelial cell | AFM | 1,000–5,000 | |
Porcine/murine cerebral capillary endothelial cells | AFM | 5,000 | |
Human umbilical vein endothelial cell | AFM | 5,000–10,000 | |
Human umbilical vein endothelial cell | AFM | 1,400 (near edge) | |
6,800 (nucleus) | |||
3,000 (in between) | |||
Schlemm’s canal endothelial cells | AFM | 1,000–3000 | |
Breast epithelial cancer cells | AFM | 500–2,000 | |
Rat hippocampus | AFM | 201 | |
Human umbilical vein endothelial cell | Magnetic twisting cytometry | 400 | |
Bovine thoracic aortic endothelial cell | Micropipette aspiration | 400 (nucleus) | |
Oocyte –zona pelludica | Micropipette aspiration | 7470 | |
Human mesenchymal stem cells | Micropipette aspiration | 372 | |
Chondrocytes | Micropipette aspiration | 500 | |
Murine sarcoma aggregate | Micropipette aspiration | 700 | |
Colon cancer cell lines | Micropipette aspiration | 56–81 | |
Bovine aortic endothelial cell | Compression between microplates | 300–700 (cytoplasm) | |
4,000–8,000 (nucleus) | |||
Chondrogenic progenitor cells | Micropipette aspiration | 180–350 |
