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  • Title: [Investigation on the viscoelastic properties of hepatocytes and their relavances to cytoskeleton structure].
    Author: Wu Z, Zhang G, Wang X, Song G, Wang H, Long M, Cai S, Wu Y.
    Journal: Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi; 1997 Jun; 14(2):111-4. PubMed ID: 9817636.
    Abstract:
    Using micropipette aspiration technique, the authors investigated the viscoelastic properties of human fetal hepatocytes (HFH) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. And further, the effects of two cytoskeleton interferents, cytochalasin D and colchicine on the viscoelastic properties of HFHs were investigated. The results showed: the elastic coefficients K1 and K2 of HCC cells were significantly higher than those of HFHs; the action of cytochalasin D led to an obvious decrease in elastic coefficients K1, K2 as well as the viscous coefficient mu of HFHs; under the action of colchicine, the K1 value of HFHs increased while the K2 and mu values decreased obviously or tended to decrease. A brief discussion was presented about these results.
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