DocumentCode
3068314
Title
Optical measurement on membrane roughness of neuroblastoma cells treated with amyloid-beta peptide and electric fields
Author
Huei-Jyuan Pan ; Ruei-Lin Wang ; Jian-Long Xiao ; Yu-Jen Chang ; Ji-Yen Cheng ; Yun-Ru Chen ; Chau-Hwang Lee
Author_Institution
Res. Center for Appl. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
fYear
2013
fDate
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We measured the membrane roughness of neuroblastoma cells by non-interferometric wide-field optical profilometry. We found that the peptide related to Alzheimer´s disease, Amyloid-beta 42, reduces membrane roughness, but direct-current electrical fields recover this effect.
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; diseases; light interferometry; neurophysiology; Alzheimer disease; amyloid-beta peptide; direct-current electrical fields; electric fields; membrane roughness; neuroblastoma cells; noninterferometric wide-field optical profilometry; optical measurement; Alzheimer´s disease; Biomedical optical imaging; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Electric fields; Optical variables measurement; Peptides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
Kyoto
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600629
Filename
6600629
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