TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomechanical investigation of colorectal cancer cells
AU - Palmieri, Valentina
AU - Lucchetti, Donatella
AU - Maiorana, Alessandro
AU - Papi, Massimiliano
AU - Maulucci, Giuseppe
AU - Ciasca, Gabriele
AU - Svelto, Maria
AU - De Spirito, Marco
AU - Sgambato, Alessandro
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The nanomechanical properties of SW480 colon cancer cells were investigated using Atomic Force Microscopy. SW480 cells are composed of two sub-populations with different shape and invasiveness. These two cells populations showed similar adhesion properties while appeared significantly different in term of cells stiffness. Since cell stiffness is related to invasiveness and growth, we suggest elasticity as a useful parameter to distinguish invasive cells inside the colorectal tumor bulk and the high-resolution mechanical mapping as a promising diagnostic tool for the identification of malignant cells.
AB - The nanomechanical properties of SW480 colon cancer cells were investigated using Atomic Force Microscopy. SW480 cells are composed of two sub-populations with different shape and invasiveness. These two cells populations showed similar adhesion properties while appeared significantly different in term of cells stiffness. Since cell stiffness is related to invasiveness and growth, we suggest elasticity as a useful parameter to distinguish invasive cells inside the colorectal tumor bulk and the high-resolution mechanical mapping as a promising diagnostic tool for the identification of malignant cells.
KW - adhesion
KW - inglese
KW - adhesion
KW - inglese
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/63008
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4896161
DO - 10.1063/1.4896161
M3 - Article
SN - 1077-3118
VL - 105
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
IS - 12
ER -