| Membrane fluidity correlates with liver cancer cell proliferation and infiltration potential |
Authors: N. O. Funaki, J. Tanaka, M. Kohmoto, T. Sugiyama, G. Ohshio, A. Nonaka, F. Yotsumoto, Y. Takeda, M. Imamura |
Affiliations:
Department of Surgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama City, Shiga 524, Japan
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Pages: 527-532 |
Abstract:
We developed a method to measure membrane fluidity of living cancer cells in two- and three-dimensional cultures, and found that there was a close relationship between the membrane fluidity of cancer cells and their proliferative and infiltrative ability. Membrane fluidity is thus a promising indicator of the probability of cancer recurrence.
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