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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2009 Apr 7;42(8):1114–1119. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.02.012

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Microaspiration of adhered cells. The micropipette is gently pressed against the glass slide and slid into contact with the adhered cell (A). A vacuum is applied; aspirating a portion of the cell (arrow) into the pipette bore (B, C). The aspirated length is monitored as a function of time revealing that bovine aortic endothelial cells cultured on stiff substrates are more difficult to deform relative to those cultured on compliant gels (D).