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Nature Materials 5, 597 - 598 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nmat1700
Cell Mechanics: Two regimes, maybe three?
Dimitrije Stamenovi
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Dimitrije Stamenovi is in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
e-mail: dimitrij@bu.edu
Abstract
We have begun to understand the physical determinants of cell rheology and their relevance to biological functions. Experiments performed on freshly excised cells offer a new perspective in which soft-glass rheology and prestress seem to play central roles.
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