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Description

Video illustrating the speed of breast cancer cell movement. Cancer cells can move as fast as 200 µm/hour through very small channels. This video shows the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB 231, moving through a microfluidic device that has 600 µm long channels, 12 x12 µm channel cross section, with images taken one frame every 10 minutes.

Technical Details

More experimental details are available in the referenced manuscript.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Homo sapiens
Cell Type: breast cancer cell
Cell Line: MDA-MB-231
Cellular Component: cell surface

Biological Context

Biological Process: cell migration
Human Disease: breast carcinoma; metastasis

Attribution

Names: Daniel Irimia
Published: ntegr Biol (Camb). 2009 Sep;1(8-9):506-12. Epub 2009 Jul 16.
Pubmed: 20023765

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL39520
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil39520

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Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: phase contrast microscopy
Parameters Imaged: elastic scattering of photons
Source of Contrast: differences in amount of elastic light scattering
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions
Processing History: unprocessed raw data

Sample Preparation

Methods: living tissue; microfulidic chamber
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	1240px	——
Y	570px	——

Time	360 seconds	60