Semin Cancer Biol
Institute of Tumor Biology, Center of Experimental Medicine, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Published: October 2005
Extravasation has been described as a rate-limiting step in the process of hematogeneous metastasis formation. Thereby, transendothelial migration of tumor cells consists of a complex series of events involving multiple cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. 3D-extravasation assays are valuable tools for the identification of genes, which are the key players at switchboards of the intracellular signaling pathways. In consequence, the combination of 3D-modeling and whole genome expression analysis lead to unravel molecular parameters which descripe distinct clinical phenotypes of cancer and therefore, work as prognosticators, predictors of therapy and new therapy targets.
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