Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy

Bastian Hartmann, Lutz Fleischhauer, Monica Nicolau, Thomas Hartvig Lindkær Jensen, Florin-Andrei Taran, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, Raphael Reuten

Published: 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-00955-7

Basement Membrane Stiffness

Atomic Force Microscopy

Young''s Modulus

Lung Tissue

Biomechanical Properties

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Extended Data Fig. 1 BM’s Young’s modulus levels of Net4 wild type versus knockout stratified into female and male.

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Extended Data Fig. 2 Human tissues with similar basement membrane anatomy.

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Profiling native pulmonary basement membrane stiffness using atomic force microscopy

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Extended Data Fig. 1 BM’s Young’s modulus levels of Net4 wild type versus knockout stratified into female and male.

Extended Data Fig. 2 Human tissues with similar basement membrane anatomy.

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