To assess effects of TGFβ- and HGF-stimulation alone and in combination on the mechanical properties of H1975 NSCLC cells in a high-throughput manner, measurements of cell strain response, the so-called creep-and-recovery curves, were performed using the microfluidic optical stretcher (MOS), Fig. 1A. Here, HGF is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.