System for measuring metastatic potential of cancer cells and method for measuring metastatic potential of cancer cells by using same

Abstract

The present specification relates to a system for measuring the metastatic potential of cancer cells and a method for measuring the metastatic potential of cancer cells by using same, the system comprising a microenvironment mimicking part and a measurement unit, in which the microenvironment mimicking part comprises: a primary tumor layer including cancer cells and vascular endothelial cells; and a metastasis layer including a gel. The system according to an aspect of the present invention has excellent effects such as being able to co-culture cancer cells and vascular endothelial cells, mimic the metastasis of cancer cells that is caused by a vascular layer formed by vascular endothelial cells during co-culture, easily observe and measure the metastatic potential of cancer cells by using a marker that is expressed specifically in cancer cells, and mimic the metastasis of cancer cells and measure the metastatic potential thereof.

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