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. 2011 Nov 3;2012:265487. doi: 10.1155/2012/265487

Table 1.

Early events of colorectal liver metastasis in the portal route model.

Early event RFP-HT29 cells in GFP nude mice
Tumor-cell arrest/adhesion 20/20* (100%)#
Tumor-cell-induced platelet aggregation 15/20 (75%)
Extravasation from hepatic sinusoids 1/20 (5%)
Phagocytosis by Kupffer cells 2/20 (10%)

*Number of mice having the indicated phenomenon/number of mice inoculated with the indicated cells.

#Percentage.