MCF7 In Vitro Capillary Chamber Cell Migration Assay (CAT#: ITS-1022-YF1289)

MCF7

Human

MCF-7 is a breast cancer cell line isolated in 1970 from a 69-year-old White woman. MCF-7 is the acronym of Michigan Cancer Foundation-7, referring to the institute in Detroit where the cell line was established in 1973 by Herbert Soule and co-workers. MCF7 are epithelial cells isolated from the breast tissue of a 69-year-old, White, female patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma. Use these cells in your breast cancer research.

MCF-7

Breast Adenocarcinoma

Oncology

In Vitro Capillary Chamber Cell Migration Assay

MCF7-cell based In Vitro Capillary Chamber Cell Migration Assay

Like the Boyden chamber assay, the capillary chamber migration assay also contains two separate chambers (one comprising of the cells and the other with a chemoattractant) connected with a small capillary. Cell migration and morphological responses in this assay can be observed by time-lapse microscopy. Automated real-time monitoring is also possible with this method and this assay is ideal for a rare type of cells and compounds, which are available in small quantities.

Cell Migration and Invasion Assays

The movement of cancer cells and formation of tumors in neighboring tissue is a sequential cascade known as invasion-metastatic cascade, which includes cancer cell invasion through extracellular matrix (ECM), intravasation into blood and colonization at sites after they exit from blood circulation. Migration and invasion are two different processes where, cell migration involves movement of cells without passing through a barrier such as ECM, whereas cell invasion involves passing through a barrier such as ECM while destroying it.

Cell Migration Assay

Cell Migration Assay