Melanoma rheological properties described

"Here we report the rheological properties of cultured hsFLNa (filamin-A)-expressing (FIL+) and hsFLNa-deficient (FIL-) melanoma cells. Using magnetic twisting cytometry over a wide range of probing frequencies, and targeting either cortical or deeper cytoskeletal structures, we found that differences in stiffness of FIL+ versus FIL- cells were remarkably small," investigators in the United States reported.

"When probed through deep cytoskeletal structures, FIL+ cells were, at most, 30% stiffer than FIL- cells, whereas when probed through more peripheral cytoskeletal...

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