Morphophenotype of floating colonies derived from a single cancer cell has a critical impact on tumor-forming activity

Pathology International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Ishii, Genichiro ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroko ^a   Atsumi, Naho ^a   Hoshino, Ayuko ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a  

^a Research Center for Innovative Oncology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Floating colony; Morphophenotype; Single cancer cell; Tumor forming activity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SIZE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 84873095738     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pin.12018     Document Type: Article

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