Integrin-Specific Mechanoresponses to Compression and Extension Probed by Cylindrical Flat-Ended AFM Tips in Lung Cells

Irene Acerbi; Tomás Luque; Alícia Giménez; Marta Puig; Noemi Reguart; Ramon Farré; Daniel Navajas; Jordi Alcaraz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032261

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Integrin-Specific Mechanoresponses to Compression and Extension Probed by Cylindrical Flat-Ended AFM Tips in Lung Cells

Irene Acerbi,

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Laboratorio di Tecnologie Biomediche, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain
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Tomás Luque,

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain
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Alícia Giménez,

Affiliation Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Marta Puig,

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Noemi Reguart,

Affiliation CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
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Ramon Farré,

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
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Daniel Navajas,

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
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Jordi Alcaraz

* E-mail: jalcaraz@ub.edu

Affiliations Unitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
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Integrin-Specific Mechanoresponses to Compression and Extension Probed by Cylindrical Flat-Ended AFM Tips in Lung Cells

Irene Acerbi,
Tomás Luque,
Alícia Giménez,
Marta Puig,
Noemi Reguart,
Ramon Farré,
Daniel Navajas,
Jordi Alcaraz

Published: February 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032261

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