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ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2009

'Putting our heads together': insights into genomic conservation between human and canine intracranial tumors.

Rachael Thomas, Shannon E Duke, Huixia J Wang, Tessa E Breen, Robert J Higgins, Keith E Linder, Peter Ellis, Cordelia F Langford, Peter J Dickinson, Natasha J Olby and 1 more

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Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachael ThomasDepartment of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
Shannon E Duke
Huixia J Wang
Tessa E Breen
Robert J Higgins
Keith E Linder
Peter Ellis
Cordelia F Langford
Peter J Dickinson
Natasha J Olby
Matthew Breen
North Carolina State University · USUniversity of California, Davis · USWellcome Sanger Institute · GBUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding

Canine Brain Tumors - A New Model for Gene DiscoveryR21NS051190 · NINDS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI BREEN, MATTHEW · 2005 to 2006
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NINDS NIH HHS NS051190NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS051190Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous attributes render the domestic dog a highly pertinent model for cancer-associated gene discovery. We performed microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization analysis of 60 spontaneous canine intracranial tumors to examine the degree to which dog and human patients exhibit aberrations of ancestrally related chromosome regions, consistent with a shared pathogenesis. Canine gliomas and meningiomas both demonstrated chromosome copy number aberrations (CNAs) that share evolutionarily conserved synteny with those previously reported in their human counterpart. Interestingly, however, genomic imbalances orthologous to some of the hallmark aberrations of human intracranial tumors, including chromosome 22/NF2 deletions in meningiomas and chromosome 1p/19q deletions in oligodendrogliomas, were not major events in the dog. Furthermore, and perhaps most significantly, we identified highly recurrent CNAs in canine intracranial tumors for which the human orthologue has been reported previously at low frequency but which have not, thus far, been associated intimately with the pathogenesis of the tumor. The presence of orthologous CNAs in canine and human intracranial cancers is strongly suggestive of their biological significance in tumor development and/or progression. Moreover, the limited genetic heterogenity within purebred dog populations, coupled with the contrasting organization of the dog and human karyotypes, offers tremendous opportunities for refining evolutionarily conserved regions of tumor-associated genomic imbalance that may harbor novel candidate genes involved in their pathogenesis. A comparative approach to the study of canine and human intracranial tumors may therefore provide new insights into their genetic etiology, towards development of more sophisticated molecular subclassification and tailored therapies in both species.

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Chromosome AberrationsAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 1Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22Cluster AnalysisDogsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomeGliomaHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMeningeal Neoplasms

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PMID19333554
PMCPMC3225023
OpenAlexW2045624488

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