Epithelial cells fluidize upon adhesion but display mechanical homeostasis in the adherent state
Peter Nietmann, Jonathan F. E. Bodenschatz, Andrea Cordes, Jannis Gottwald, Helen Rother-Nöding, Tabea A. Oswald, Andreas Janshoff
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BiophysicsAdhesionViscoelasticityExtracellular matrixChemistryCytoskeletonCell biologyStrain (injury)Suspension (topology)Materials scienceNanotechnologyCellAnatomyBiologyComposite materialBiochemistryMathematicsPure mathematicsHomotopyCellular Mechanics and InteractionsForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies