Quantification of cancer cell extravasation in vivo

Nature Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 937-948

  Kim, Yohan ^a,b   Williams, Karla C ^a,c   Gavin, Carson T ^a,b   Jardine, Emily ^a,b   Chambers, Ann F ^a,c   Leong, Hon S ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL EXTRAVASATION; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; EMBRYO; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PODOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR INVASION; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84983504278     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.050     Document Type: Article

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