Table 3.

Selected values of the Young’s modulus for luminal breast cancer, and normal and myoepithelial cells lines measured in three areas (isolated or contacted cells) [26].

	Elastic Modulus E (Pa) of Luminal Breast Cancer Cells MCF-7		Elastic Modulus E (Pa) of Normal and Myoepithelial Cells HBL-100
	Isolation	Contact	Isolation	Contact
Region above nucleus (L1)	39 ± 8	20 ± 11	36 ± 11	30 ± 11
Cytoplasm in intermediate position (L2)	21 ± 10	18 ± 11	27 ± 10	25 ± 9
Region near the leading edge (L3)	16 ± 6	14 ± 7	19 ± 8	21 ± 8