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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biophotonics. 2014 Nov 20;8(4):279–302. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201400108

Table 1.

Reported difference in Young’s moduli of cells, tissues, and organs caused by the pathological or physiological changes.

Tissue Type Tissue Condition Young’s Modulus (Pa)
Cornea (Human) [10] Normal 1.3×106
Collagen cross-linking 5.9×106
Anterior Lens Capsule (Human) [11] Normal 485.8×103
Cataract 416.2×103
Lens nucleus (Human) [12] Middle age (about 40 years old) 5.2×103
Old age (63-70 years old) 10.6×103
Liver (Human) [13] Normal 4-6×103
Septal fibrosis 8-12.5×103
Breast tissue (Human) [14] Fat 5-10×103
Parenchyma 30×103
Benign lesions 55×103
Malignant lesions 179×103
Cartilage (Human) [15] Under the temperature of 50 Celsius 80×103
Under the temperature of 80 Celsius 16×103
Skin (Human) [16] Younger (3-30 years old) 4.2×105
Older (30-89 years old) 8.5×105
Skeletal muscle (Human) [17] Relaxation 40.6×103
Contraction 258.1×103
Aortic wall (Human) [18] Non-fibrous 41.2×103
Fibrous 81.7×103
Calcified 354.5×103
Cardiac cell (Rat) [8] Systolic 26.2×103
Diastolic 7.8×103
Breast epithelial cell (Human) [19] Benign 1161
Malignant 616
Erythrocytes (Human) [20] Normal l.lx103
Sickle 3.05×103