PREVENTION OF TUMOUR METASTASIS BY INHIBITION OF NECROPTOSIS

摘要

The present invention relates to an inhibitor of necroptosis for use in preventing the metastasis of tumours. Further, the present invention relates to a method of preventing the metastasis of tumours by inhibiting necroptosis and to a method for modulating the transmigration of metastasising tumour cells through endothelium by modulating necroptosis as well as to an in-vitro method of identifying an inhibitor of necroptosis suitable as a lead compound and/or as a medicament for the prevention of tumour metastasis. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a method of identifying necroptotic and necrotic cells.