Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) allows cancers to become invasive. To investigate EMT, a neural stem cell (NSC)-based in vitro model devoid of serum and enzymes is described. This standardized system allows quantitative and qualitative assessment of cell migration, gene and protein expression. The model is suited for drug discovery.
Sailer, M. H. M., Sarvepalli, D., Brégère, C., Fisch, U., Guentchev, M., Weller, M., Guzman, R., Bettler, B., Ghosh, A., Hutter, G. An Enzyme- and Serum-free Neural Stem Cell Culture Model for EMT Investigation Suited for Drug Discovery. J. Vis. Exp. (114), e54018, doi:10.3791/54018 (2016).