Quantification of focal contacts in osteoblastic cells--effects of intermittent and continuous gravitational stresses
Guignandon, A.; Usson, Y.; Laroche, N.; Vico, L.; Alexandre, C.; Lafage-Proust, M.H.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology a Journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology 3(2): 78-79
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1077-9248 PMID: 11540292 Document Number: 460297
Osteoblast morphology and attachment were studied during parabolic flight and during centrifugation. Cultures of osteosarcoma cells were exposed to gravitational changes and then analyzed for morphological changes and stained using immunofluorescence staining for vinculin. Changes in cell adhesion parameters and focal contact topography are presented and discussed.