Metastasis Research Protocols

The second edition of Metastasis Research Protocols brings together updated versions of the seminal technique that were presented in the first edition and also includes new techniques that have recently been shown to be important in illuminating the processes underlying this important area of biolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dwek, Miriam (Editor), Schumacher, Udo (Editor), Brooks, Susan A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Humana 2014, 2014
Edition:2nd ed. 2014
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • In Vitro Invasion Assay Using MatrigelTM - a  Reconstituted Basement Membrane Preparation
  • Single Cell and Spheroid Collagen Type I Invasion Assay
  • Rocking Adhesion Assay System to Study Adhesion and Transendothelial Migration of Cancer Cells
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) Cell Adhesion on E- and P-Selectin under Physiological Flow Conditions
  • Adhesion of Tumour Cells to Matrices and Endothelium
  • Cell Aggregation Assays
  • Chick Heart Invasion Assay
  • Computer Simulation of the Metastatic Progression
  • Theoretical Considerations In Using Animal Models of Metastasis and Brief Methodology for In Vivo Colorectal Cancer Models in SCID and Nude Mice
  • Syngeneic Murine Metastasis Models: B16 Melanoma
  • Imageable Clinically-relevant Mouse Models of Metastasis
  • Imaging Metastatic Cell Trafficking at the Cellular Level in vivo with Fluorescent Proteins
  • Ultrasound Techniques for the Detection of Tumours and Metastases in Small Animals
  • The PFP/RAG2 Double Knock Out Mouse in Metastasis Research: Small Cell Lung Cancer and Prostate Cancer
  • Ultrasound Guided Intracardial Injection and In-vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Single Cells in Mice as a Paradigm for Haematogenous Metastases
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Metastases in Xenograft Mouse Models of Cancer
  • Spontaneous and Experimental Metastasis Models: Nude Mice
  • Identifying the Origin and Phenotype of Cells in Tumour Xenografts