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In Vivo Model for Testing Effect of Hypoxia on Tumor Metastasis
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2016
This manuscript describes the development of an animal model that allows for the direct testing of the effects of tumor hypoxia on metastasis and the deciphering the mechanisms of its action. Although the experiments described here focus on Ewing sarcoma, a similar approach can be applied to other tumor types.
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Experimental Metastasis Assay
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2010
This article describes the procedures of an experimental metastasis assay that is used to determine the metastatic potential of human cancer cell lines.
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Brain Metastasis Mouse Model: A Method to Generate Brain Metastasis Mouse Model by Intracarotid Cancer Cell Injection
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2025
This video demonstrates the establishment of a brain metastasis mouse model by intracarotid injection of fluorescently labeled cancer cells. The mouse model can be used to study the effects of novel therapeutics and the underlying physiological mechanisms.
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Advanced Animal Model of Colorectal Metastasis in Liver: Imaging Techniques and Properties of Metastatic Clones
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2016
The ability of metastatic clones to colonize distant sites depends on their proliferation capacity and/or their ability to survive in the host microenvironment without significant proliferation. Here, we present an animal model that allows quantitative visualization of both types of liver colonization by metastatic clones.
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A "Patient-Like" Orthotopic Syngeneic Mouse Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis
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2015
The metastatic spread of cancer is the major cause of cancer-related deaths. We provide an in-depth description of our survival surgery methodology for establishing a “patient-like” orthotopic syngeneic mouse model system for studying the mechanisms of metastasis in solid organ tumors.
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Disseminating cells may travel through blood or lymphatic vessels, leave those pathways, and enter the fatty tissue beneath the skin. Successful growth depends on adaptation to local stromal, vascular, and immune conditions. This means that arrival alone does not explain lesion formation; interactions with the surrounding microenvironment help determine whether metastatic cells can persist and expand.
The subcutaneous microenvironment can influence whether disseminated tumor cells become established. Stromal tissue provides the local structural context, vascular conditions affect the surrounding tissue environment, and immune conditions may shape tumor cell persistence. Studying these interactions helps cancer researchers examine how metastatic cells adapt after leaving the primary tumor and entering a different tissue site.
Investigators consider both blood vessels and lymphatic vessels as possible routes by which tumor cells disseminate from a primary tumor. The cells must then exit the relevant vessel and establish themselves in subcutaneous tissue. Comparing these stages helps researchers connect lesion location with the broader process of cancer spread and disease progression.
A lesion in subcutaneous tissue represents tumor growth in a different local environment from the primary site. Its cells must adapt to distinct stromal, vascular, and immune conditions, making the lesion useful for examining tissue-specific interactions. Biopsy material can support molecular analysis, allowing researchers to investigate characteristics of the metastatic growth alongside findings from the original tumor.
Recognition of these lesions contributes to clinical staging and imaging assessment, while biopsy-based diagnosis can provide tissue for confirmation and molecular analysis. These approaches address different needs: imaging helps assess the lesion in the patient, whereas biopsy supplies material for detailed examination. Together, they support evaluation of disease progression and characterization of the metastatic site.
Biopsy-based diagnosis can help identify whether a lesion represents metastatic disease and provides material for molecular analysis. Researchers can use that material to examine properties of the tumor cells within their new tissue setting. This connects diagnosis with research by enabling study of metastatic characteristics that may inform assessment of progression and tumor behavior.
Experimental models provide a controlled setting for studying how tumor cells colonize subcutaneous tissue and interact with its microenvironment. They also allow researchers to evaluate therapeutic responses under defined experimental conditions. By observing colonization and treatment-related outcomes, investigators can examine metastatic growth processes and test how interventions affect tumor behavior.
Subcutaneous metastasis models help investigators focus on interactions between metastatic cells and surrounding tissue components. In particular, they support examination of stromal, vascular, and immune conditions that accompany tumor colonization. This research context complements clinical imaging and biopsy findings by providing an experimental way to study how the local environment relates to metastatic growth and treatment response.