The tissue-isolated human tumor perfusion methodology enables the elucidation of physiological melatonin's oncostatic impact on cancer metabolism and physiology. Here we describe an apparatus and surgical technique for perfusing tissue-isolated human tumor xenografts in nude rats in situ that ensures continuous blood flow to and from the tissue. This system and methodology have proven quite successful in examining the receptor-mediated oncostatic effects of the physiological nocturnal melatonin signal on metabolism and physiology in a variety of epithelial and mesenchymal human tumors.
Keywords: Melatonin; Nude rats; Tissue-isolated tumors; Tumor perfusions.
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