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. 2004 Oct;87(4):2818–2827. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.103.037218

TABLE 2.

Cell-to-cell variability in A, |F|, and |T| at a low, medium, and high surface density of FN and RGD

AFN (μm2)
ARGD (μm2)
σ (μm−2) Min Mean ± SE Max Min Mean ± SE Max p-value
Low (∼50) 322 480 ± 55 872 197 359 ± 35 685 0.110
Medium (∼200) 360 860 ± 99 1290 314 595 ± 80 1070 0.048
High (∼2000) 413 640 ± 48 1000 266 423 ± 48 567 0.006
|F|FN (dyn ×10−3)
|F|RGD (dyn ×10−3)
σ (μm−2) Min Mean ± SE Max Min Mean ± SE Max p-value
Low (∼50) 6.0 19.8 ± 7.0 65.0 0.8 4.0 ± 0.7 9.0 0.059
Medium (∼200) 4.5 48.0 ± 9.0 118.0 1.4 12.0 ± 3.1 31.0 0.002
High (∼2000) 12.0 52.0 ± 8.0 141.0 2.3 18.8 ± 6.6 40.0 0.006
|T|FN (kdyn/cm2)
|T|RGD (kdyn/cm2)
σ (μm−2) Min Mean ± SE Max Min Mean ± SE Max p-value
Low (∼50) 1.4 3.7 ± 0.8 7.4 0.4 1.1 ± 0.1 1.9 0.016
Medium (∼200) 1.2 5.7 ± 1.0 12.8 0.5 1.9 ± 0.4 4.0 0.003
High (∼2000) 2.4 8.1 ± 1.3 24.1 0.8 4.1 ± 1.4 9.0 0.056