Human melanoma cell migration along capillary-like structures in vitro: A new dynamic model for studying extravascular migratory metastasis [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 703-704

  Barnhill, Raymond L ^a   Lugassy, Claire ^a   Kleinman, Hynda K ^b   Fernandez, Patricia M ^a   Patierno, Steven R ^a   Webber, Mukta M ^c   Ghanem, Ghanem ^d   Spatz, Alain ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0036381813     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01857.x     Document Type: Letter

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