Tissues and tumors were fixed in 10% formalin and cells from culture were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and stained as described [6 , 14 (link), 15 (link)]. Primary antibodies were as follows: anti-E-cadherin R&D AF748 (1:100); anti-N-Cadherin Abcam ab98952 (1:100); anti-CD3 BD Pharmingen 550275 (1:100). The secondary antibodies were as follows: Donkey Alexa 488-conjugated IgG or Cy3-conjugated IgG. Nuclei were stained with DAPI or Hoechst 33258 (Invitrogen). Images were acquired with a confocal Leica TCS SP5 (Leica), Carl Zeiss upright Apotome Axio Imager Z1 or Cytaion5 (Biotek).