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. 2020 Sep 8;7(5):054701. doi: 10.1063/4.0000021

TABLE II.

Translational diffusion coefficients (DT) and relaxation times (τT, τL) of intracellular water (at 310 K) for cancer and non-cancer human cells: breast cancer vs breast healthy; prostate cancer vs prostate healthy; bone cancer [slow global translational (Γglobal/cyt and Γglobal/hyd) and fast localized (Γlocal) dynamical processes].

Cell line Γglobal/cyt Γglobal/hyd Γlocal
DT (×10−5 cm2 s−1) τT (ps) DT (×10−5 cm2 s−1) τT (ps) τL (ps)
Breast cancer 1.126 ± 0.048 a1.040 ± 0.050 0.597 ± 0.018 b0.169 ± 0.004 7.021 ± 0.222 0.561 ± 0.001
Breast healthy 1.014 ± 0.060 0.602 ± 0.026 b0.151 ± 0.019 7.353 ± 0.435 0.589 ± 0.006
Prostate cancer 1.308 ± 0.040 0.559 ± 0.011 b0.210 ± 0.016 6.475 ± 0.215 0.362 ± 0.0352
Prostate healthy 1.245 ± 0.043 0.572 ± 0.013 b0.179 ± 0.003 6.654 ± 0.154 0.480 ± 0.003
Bone cancer 0.908 ± 0.061 0.629 ± 0.038 b0.127 ± 0.016 7.699 ± 0.496 0.449 ± 0.015
a

At 298 K, from Ref. 25.

b

Fickian behavior (Γ = 2DQ2).