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The most commonly accepted, the progression theory, posits a series of random mutational occurs within a primary tumor to generate a small subpopulation that acquires full metastatic capability.

Transfer of splenic MDSCs from metastasizing 4T1 cell-bearing mice increased distant metastasis of non-metastasizing EMT6 cells but did not imbue them with the full metastatic capability of 4T1 cells.

Then, LM2 cells, which are derived from MDA-MB-231 cells and show high lung metastatic capability (Minn et al., 2005), were injected into the mouse tail vein, and lung metastatic progression was monitored with bioluminescence imaging (BLI) (Fig. 3A).

It has been used to culture several types of tumors and to study their growth rate, angiogenic potential, and metastatic capability [5].

Angiogenesis, as one of the key factors of tumor evolution and metastatic capability, can be assessed histopathologically by determining the microvessel density (MVD) [7].

The binding capacity of tumor cells to blood vessel-lining endothelium through E-selectin was closely correlated to the metastatic capability of breast cancer cells.

In this study we associated biological processes with the tumor's metastatic capability.

However, only a few studies have directly tested the metastatic capability of putative CSCs in vivo.

Thus, the down-regulated SERPINB5 might enhance the metastatic capability of an NPC cancer cell.

As a consequence this system may provide an incomplete measure of metastatic capability.

Results indicate that thalidomide, lenalidomide and pomalidomide significantly inhibit the metastatic capability of colorectal carcinoma cells.