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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2011 Jan 8;32(9):2417–2423. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.11.071

TABLE 1.

HTM Cell modulus before exposure to Latrunculin B, and 90 and 270 minutes after exposure and removal of Latrunculin B. Cell modulus on both glass and pathomimetic substrate was significantly increased at 90 minutes of actin repolymerization. Within 270 minutes, cells have returned to pre-dose modulus values.

HTM Cell Modulus on Substrates (kPa)
Condition Glass1 Pathomimetic2 Homeomimetic3
Pre-dose 2.7±0.7 1.8±0.5 1.6±0.2
90 min. rec. 11.0±2.3 4.0±1.8 2.3±0.2
270 min. rec. 2.3±0.2 2.0±0.4 1.7±0.5
1

Elastic modulus, E, in GPa range

2

E = 92±10 kPa

3

E = 4.0±1.5 kPa