Cell Migration and the Boyden Chamber
Tumors usually reach secondary sites via blood vessels or lymphatic vessels. Two processes dependent upon cell migration speed metastasis by reducing the distance between the primary tumor and these vessels. The first process is invasion, in which cancer cells migrate toward the capillaries. The second is angiogenesis, blood vessel growth into the primary tumor, which has been proved to promote blood-borne tumor spread by reducing the invasive distance, and may also aid lymphatic metastasis. Angiogenesis is dependent on endothelial cell migration. When studying the spread of tumors to secondary sites, it is therefore important to understand: (1 ) the response of tumor cell lines to motility boosting factors and (2 ) endothelial cell chemotaxis in response to tumor-derived angiogenic factors.
- Establishment of Primary Cultures from Ovarian Tumor Tissue and Ascites Fluid
- Oncolytic Adenoviral Vectors
- Storage of Cell Lines
- Analysis of Cancer Stem Cell Metastasis in Xenograft Animal Models
- Authentication of Cancer Cell Lines by DNA Fingerprinting
- Detection of t(2;5)(p23;q35)Translocation by Long-Range PCR of Genomic DNA
- Tumor Marker Discovery by Expression Profiling RNA from Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissues
- Measurement of Ceramide and Sphingolipid Metabolism in Tumors: Potential Modulation of Chemotherapy
- Familial Ovarian Cancer
- Lectin Array-Based Strategies for Identifying Metastasis-Associated Changes in Glycosylation