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ArticleGenes & development2008

Conditional mouse osteosarcoma, dependent on p53 loss and potentiated by loss of Rb, mimics the human disease.

Carl R Walkley, Rameez Qudsi, Vijay G Sankaran, Jennifer A Perry, Monica Gostissa, Sanford I Roth, Stephen J Rodda, Erin Snay, Patricia Dunning, Frederic H Fahey and 3 more

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Article in Genes & development, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 245 papers.

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245 citing papers in PubMed, 369 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carl R WalkleyDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rameez Qudsi
Vijay G Sankaran
Jennifer A Perry
Monica Gostissa
Sanford I Roth
Stephen J Rodda
Erin Snay
Patricia Dunning
Frederic H Fahey
Frederick W Alt
Andrew P McMahon
Stuart H Orkin
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical InstitutePHS HHS P01 056246
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of bone. Analysis of familial cancer syndromes and sporadic cases has strongly implicated both p53 and pRb in its pathogenesis; however, the relative contribution of these mutations to the initiation of osteosarcoma is unclear. We describe here the generation and characterization of a genetically engineered mouse model in which all animals develop short latency malignant osteosarcoma. The genetically engineered mouse model is based on osteoblast-restricted deletion of p53 and pRb. Osteosarcoma development is dependent on loss of p53 and potentiated by loss of pRb, revealing a dominance of p53 mutation in the development of osteosarcoma. The model reproduces many of the defining features of human osteosarcoma including cytogenetic complexity and comparable gene expression signatures, histology, and metastatic behavior. Using a novel in silico methodology termed cytogenetic region enrichment analysis, we demonstrate high conservation of gene expression changes between murine osteosarcoma and known cytogentically rearranged loci from human osteosarcoma. Due to the strong similarity between murine osteosarcoma and human osteosarcoma in this model, this should provide a valuable platform for addressing the molecular genetics of osteosarcoma and for developing novel therapeutic strategies.

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Genes, p53AnimalsBone NeoplasmsCluster AnalysisComputer SimulationDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionFemaleGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIntegrasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCre recombinaseIntegrasesRetinoblastoma Protein

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PMID18559481
PMCPMC2428063
OpenAlexW2139958117

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