Research Article

Unraveling the Determinants of Protrusion Formation

Table 3

Dimensioned and raw variables generated for FCs with actin and without actin showing correlation with factor 7a.

VariableFCs without actin ( )FCs with actin ( )
Mean
(μm)b
Standard deviation
(μm)b
PCC valueMean
(μm)b
Standard deviation
(μm)b
PCC value

Area 5.72 41.62−0.1070.000 2.32 1.750.0320.327
Inner radius 0.25 0.30−0.0650.021 0.27 0.090.156<0.000
Outer radius 1.52 2.65−0.0790.005 1.76 1.009−0.0110.740
Mean radius 0.87 1.45−0.0820.004 0.99 0.50−0.0030.933
Equivalent radius 0.75 1.12−0.0850.003 0.81 0.280.0350.294
Width2.243.700.0530.0602.501.63−0.0920.005
Height2.084.300.134<0.0002.401.63−0.0400.234
Fiber length 2.94 5.82−0.0820.005 3.47 2.32−0.0410.210
Fiber breadth 0.65 0.73−0.0820.003 0.70 0.160.180<0.000
Centroid Y 98.8 114.70−0.0960.000 88.62 23.04−0.0060.860
Centroid X 71.30 112.04−0.0940.000 63.16 25.72−0.0750.022

aNumber of cells = 26.
bUnits are μm2 for area except centroid values which are integer values without units.