Review. Rheological properties of biological materials

Claude Verdier (1) , Jocelyn Etienne (1) , Alain Duperray (2) , Luigi Preziosi (3)

1 LSP - Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique
2 INSERM U823 - Institut d'oncologie/développement Albert Bonniot de Grenoble
3 Dipartimento di Matematica "Giuseppe Peano" [Torino]

Eucaryotic cells and biological materials are described from a rheological point of view. Single cell properties give rise to typical microrheological properties which can aect cell behaviour, in close connection with their adhesion properties. Single cell properties are also important in the context of multicellular systems, i.e. in biological tissues. Results from experiments are analyzed and models proposed both at the cellular scale and the macroscopic scale.

Mots clés: Rheology; tissues; cell mechanics; viscoelastic

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Claude Verdier, Jocelyn Etienne, Alain Duperray, Luigi Preziosi. Review. Rheological properties of biological materials. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Série IV, Physique, Astronomie, 2009, 10, pp.790-811. ⟨hal-00415166⟩