TABLE 1.
Values of force applied to an AFM probe after relaxation FSP(∞), force provided by the membrane FSP–M and force provided by the cytoskeleton network FSP−C(∞) for cells with different adherent shapes.
| FSP(∞) (nN) | FSP−M (nN) | FSP−C(∞) (nN) | FSP−C(∞)/FSP−M (%) | |
| L929-round | 3.65 | 3.52 | 0.13 | 3.79 |
| L929-fusiform | 4.06 | 3.95 | 0.10 | 2.58 |
| L929-all | 3.85 | 3.74 | 0.11 | 3.01 |
| HC11-round | 1.86 | 1.79 | 0.07 | 4.00 |
| HC11-fusiform | 2.37 | 2.29 | 0.08 | 3.54 |
| HC11-all | 2.11 | 2.04 | 0.08 | 3.74 |
| 4T1 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 0.05 | 4.84 |
| MCF-10A-round | 4.52 | 4.32 | 0.20 | 4.62 |
| MCF-10A-fusiform | 5.76 | 5.60 | 0.16 | 2.86 |
| MCF-10A-all | 5.13 | 4.96 | 0.18 | 3.53 |
| MCF-7 | 3.77 | 3.70 | 0.07 | 1.98 |