title: The central importance of the cytoskeleton for increased cell stiffness in cardiovascular disease. Focus on "Diabetes increases stiffness of live cardiomyocytes measured by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation".
authors.affiliation: Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri meiningerg@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Gerald A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Meininger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*