Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

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Biology

Quantification of Cell-Substrate Adhesion Area and Cell Shape Distributions in MCF7 Cell Monolayers

Maciej Wakula¹, Anna Balcerak¹, Urszula Smietanka¹, Mateusz Chmielarczyk¹, Ryszard Konopiński¹, Ewa A. Grzybowska¹

¹Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

The article describes quantification of 1) the size and number of focal adhesions and 2) cell shape index and its distribution from confocal images of the confluent monolayers of MCF7 cells.