In vivo tumor cell adhesion in the pulmonary microvasculature is exclusively mediated by tumor cell - endothelial cell interaction |
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Authors: | Peter Gassmann Mi-Li Kang Soeren T Mees Joerg Haier |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany |
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Background Metastasis formation is the leading cause of death among colon cancer patients. We established a new in-situ model of in vivo microscopy of the lung to analyse initiating events of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within this typical metastatic target of colon cancer. |
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