FIGURE 3.

Results of numerically modeled pulling experiments on cells with the same initial (f = 0) geometry but held at two different aspiration pressures Δp. The initial values of all geometric parameters are given in the text. (A,B) Contours of the two cells at four different pulling forces. (C) Deflection as a function of force for both cells (identified by their values of Δp). (D) Strongly nonlinear dependence of the projection length on force. (E) Radius of the constant mean curvature of the deformed cells as function of the pulling force. Colored arrows in panels C–E mark the locations of the respective contours of panels A and B.