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ArticleCancer research2011

Increased survival following tumorigenesis in Ts65Dn mice that model Down syndrome.

Annan Yang, Roger H Reeves

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Article in Cancer research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annan YangDepartment of Physiology and McKusick Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Roger H Reeves
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

GENOMIC APPROACHES TO ANEUPLOIDYR01HD038384 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI REEVES, ROGER H · 2000 to 2020
$11.0M
NICHD NIH HHS 1R01 HD038384NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD038384
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemiologic results tend to suggest that adults with Down syndrome have a reduced incidence of cancer, but some studies have reached the opposite conclusion. In this study, we offer direct biological evidence in support of the notion that Down syndrome reduces incidence of multiple types of cancer. Previous studies showed that introduction of the Apc(Min) mutation into the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome by interbreeding caused formation of intestinal adenomas at a significantly reduced incidence compared with control (euploid) animals that did not have trisomy. To a large degree, this reduction was determined to reflect an increased dosage of the Ets2 tumor repressor gene due to trisomy. Studies of tumor grafts using Ts65Dn suggested angiogenesis as a mechanism that mediated reduced tumor growth, metastasis, and mortality in individuals with Down syndrome. To confirm and extend these findings, we employed the complex cancer mouse model NPcis, which is heterozygous for the Trp53 and Nf1 genes and through LOH develops lymphomas, sarcomas, or carcinomas with 100% penetrance. In this aggressive model, trisomy did not prevent cancer, but it nevertheless extended host survival relative to euploid littermates. However, protection in this case was not attributable to either Ets2 dosage or to reduced angiogenesis. Together, our findings indicate that the genetic complexity underlying Down syndrome supports multiple mechanisms that contribute to reduced mortality from cancer.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeGene DosageGenes, Neurofibromatosis 1HeterozygoteMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrocirculationMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicProto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2TrisomyTumor Suppressor Protein p53Ets2 protein, mouseProto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID21467166
PMCPMC3096739
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