This article describes the bionomics and functions of SLC and CCR7, and reviews the advances of SLC and its receptor CCR7 in tumor invasion and lymphatic metastasis.

• 现综述SLC及其受体CCR7的生物学特性和主要功能,并重点阐述SLC和CCR7在肿瘤侵袭和淋巴转移中的研究现状。