A cancer cell spheroid assay to assess invasion in a 3D setting

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 105, 2015, Pages

  Berens, Eric B ^a   Holy, Jon M ^b   Riegel, Anna T ^a   Wellstein, Anton ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Basement membrane; Cancer; Collagen; Hanging drop; Invasion; Issue 105; Matrigel; Medicine; Metastasis; Sphere; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949433804     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53409     Document Type: Article

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