| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| COL | colchicine |
| CytB | cytochalasin B |
| CytD | cytochalasin D |
| ECT | electrochemotherapy |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| freq | frequency |
| GET | gene electrotransfer |
| GTP | Guanosine Triphosphate |
| GUV | giant unilamellar vesicle |
| IF | intermediate filaments |
| IRE | irreversible electroporation |
| JAS | jasplakinolide |
| LatA | latrunculin A |
| LatB | latrunculin B |
| MD | molecular dynamics |
| MT | microtubules |
| NOC | nocodazole |
| PEFs | pulsed electric fields |
| PHD | phalloidin |
| PI | propidium iodide |
| PIP2 | phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate |
| PLC | phospholipase C |
| pMLC | phosphorylated myosin light chain |
| PTX | paclitaxel |
| p | pulses |
| YM | Young’s modulus |
| Cell Types | |
| B16-F10 | mouse melanoma |
| C2C12 | mouse myoblasts |
| CHO | Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO wild type, CHO-K1, CHO-WTT clone) |
| HeLa | human cervical cancer (adenocarcinoma) |
| HepG2 | human hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HMEC-1 | human dermal microvascular endothelial cells |
| Jurkat | Clone E6-1 human T lymphocytes |
| MCF-7 | human breast cancer (adenocarcinoma) |
| MDA-MB-231 | human breast cancer (adenocarcinoma) |
| MRC-5 | human lung fibroblasts |
| NCI-H460 | human lung carcinoma |
| NIH/3T3 | mouse fibroblasts |
| RBL-2H3 | rat basophilic cells |
| RD | human rhabdomyosarcoma |
| SV40 | immortalized fibroblasts |
| U-87 MG | human glioblastoma |
| U-937 | human monocytes |
| WB-F344 | rat liver epithelial cells. |