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Migration Assay Protocol

Author(s): Nathan s Reyna

Ouachita Baptist Univeristy

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Summary:
Migration is a key property of live cells and critical for normal development, immune response, and disease processes such as cancer metastasis and inflammation.

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Version 1.0 - published on 30 Oct 2024 doi:10.25334/QZGE-Q140 - cite this

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Commonly used, highly accessible methods for examining cell migration and invasion in vitro are described. The first method is the cell wound closure assay that measures cell motility. The second method is the transwell migration and invasion assay that assesses the chemotactic and invasive capacity of cells.

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