Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing and Cancer Metastasis

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing Concept to Commercialization....Pages 1-19
Protein Kinase C Isoforms in the Formation of Focal Adhesion Complexes: Investigated by Cell Impedance....Pages 21-39
ECIS as a Tool in the Study of Metastasis Suppressor Genes: Epithelial Protein Lost In Neoplasm (EPLIN)....Pages 41-54
Electrical Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing for Measuring Cellular Transformation, Migration, Invasion, and Anticancer Compound Screening....Pages 55-69
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and the Use of ECIS....Pages 71-84
Cell Growth and Cell Death Studied by Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing....Pages 85-117
Tight Junctions in Cancer Metastasis and Their Investigation Using ECIS (Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing)....Pages 119-130
Epithelial Wound Healing and the Effects of Cytokines Investigated by ECIS....Pages 131-175
Tumour-Endothelial and Tumour-Mesothelial Interactions Investigated by Impedance Sensing Based Cell Analyses....Pages 177-193
Application of Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing in Evaluation of Traditional Medicine on the Cellular Functions of Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Cells....Pages 195-202
Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing as a Screening Tool for Wound Healing Agents....Pages 203-216
ECIS, Cellular Adhesion and Migration in Keratinocytes....Pages 217-237
Current and Future Applications of ECIS Models to Study Bone Metastasis....Pages 239-253
Back Matter....Pages 255-260