The newly developed Hamelin Assay (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

The newly developed Hamelin Assay

Caption

The newly developed Hamelin Assay shows how Netrin molecules (white dots) induce the migration of cancer cells through organ boundaries (red line) via the Fra/DCC receptors in intestinal stem cells (green cells). The rat-catcher blowing the Netrins out of his pipe symbolises how the disseminated cancer cells move through the body to form subsequent metastases. (Image: HHU/Tobias Reiff)

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HHU/Tobias Reiff

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