High blood flow shear stress values are associated with circulating tumor cells cluster disaggregation in a multi-channel microfluidic device.

Metastasis represents a dynamic succession of events involving tumor cells which disseminate through the organism via the bloodstream. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can flow the bloodstream as single cells or as multicellular aggregates (clusters), which present a different potential to metastasize...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Marrella, Arianna Fedi, Gabriele Varani, Ivan Vaccari, Marco Fato, Giuseppe Firpo, Patrizia Guida, Nicola Aceto, Silvia Scaglione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245536