To further investigate any potential role CD36 may play in metastasis of CRC, we utilized the HT29 LuM3-GFP-Luciferase trained cell line, a cell line which was serially injected via the tail vein in mice and has a significantly higher propensity to initiate lung colonies than the parental HT29 cell line [40]. This evidence concerns the gene CD36 and colorectal carcinoma.