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Chick Heart Invasion Assay for Testing the Invasiveness of Cancer Cells and the Activity of Potentially Anti-invasive Compounds

Chick Heart Invasion Assay for Testing the Invasiveness of Cancer Cells and the Activity of Potentially Anti-invasive Compounds

DOI:
10.3791/52792-v

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10:16 min

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June 06, 2015

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1Department of Radiation Oncology and Experimental Cancer Research,University of Ghent, 2Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology,University of Ghent, 3Department of Chemistry,University of Delhi

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  • 00:05Title
  • 02:05Pre-cultured Heart Fragment (PHF) Preparation
  • 05:16Spheroidal Test Cell Aggregate Preparation, Confrontation and Histology
  • 08:07Results: Toxicity and Growth Assessment of the Confronting Culture
  • 09:17Conclusion

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Here, we present a protocol to study the invasion of tumor cells into living normal tissue fragments in three dimensions. This organ culture technique is mainly applied to test potentially anti-invasive drugs in vitro.

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Chick Heart Invasion AssayCancer Cell InvasivenessAnti-invasive CompoundsOrgan Culture3D InteractionCancer InvasionStromal EnvironmentQuantitative Structure-activity Relation (QSAR)FlavonoidsChalconesAnti-metastatic DrugsMicrotubule Inhibitors

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