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The Small World of Osteocytes: Connectomics of the Lacuno-Canalicular Network in Bone
Philip Kollmannsberger, Michael Kerschnitzki, Felix Repp +3
Osteocytes and their cell processes reside in a large, interconnected network of voids pervading the mineralized bone matrix of most vertebrates. This osteocyte lacuno-canalicular…
physics.bio-ph2009
Contractile prestress controls stiffening and fluidization of living cells in response to large external forces
Philip Kollmannsberger, Claudia T. Mierke, Ben Fabry
We report the simultaneous characterization of time- and force-dependent mechanical properties of adherent cells in the physiologically relevant regime of large forces. We used mag…