Characterization of the strain-rate-dependent mechanical response of single cell-cell junctions

• Main Authors: Esfahani, Amir Monemian, Rosenbohm, Jordan, Safa, Bahareh Tajvidi, Lavrik, Nickolay V., Minnick, Grayson, Zhou, Quan, Kong, Fang, Jin, Xiaowei, Kim, Eunju, Liu, Ying, Lu, Yongfeng, Lim, Jung Yul, Wahl, James K., Dao, Ming, Huang, Changjin, Yang, Ruiguo
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Cell Mechanics; Stress-Strain Relationship
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156981
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cell-cell adhesions are often subjected to mechanical strains of different rates and magnitudes in normal tissue function. However, the rate-dependent mechanical behavior of individual cell-cell adhesions has not been fully characterized due to the lack of proper experimental techniques and therefor...