title: Use of reflection contrast microscopy in the analysis of cellular motility.
abstract: Recognition and determination of the following activities of living cancer cells on glass substrates can be greatly facilitated by the use of reflection contrast microscopy: 1. stationary versus translocative motility, 2. migration over/under other cells, 3. actual locomotory activity of cells with a polarized shape usually associated with this type of motility. In addition, reflection contrast is useful for recognizing the presence of fibroblasts in cancer cell populations.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D005347:Fibroblasts; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits