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Elasticity of normal and cancerous human bladder cells studied by scanning force microscopy

M. Lekka, P. Laidler, D. Gil, J. Lekki, Z. Stachura, A. Hrynkiewicz

1999European Biophysics Journal

DOI: 10.1007/s002490050213

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It is shown that normal cells have a Young's modulus of about one order of magnitude higher than cancerous ones, which might be attributed to a difference in the organisation of cell cytoskeletons and requires further studies.

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LEKKA, M., et al. Elasticity of normal and cancerous human bladder cells studied by scanning force microscopy. European Biophysics Journal, 1999, 28: 312–316.