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ArticleScientific reports2018

Multimodality cellular and molecular imaging of concomitant tumour enhancement in a syngeneic mouse model of breast cancer metastasis.

Katie M Parkins, Veronica P Dubois, Amanda M Hamilton, Ashley V Makela, John A Ronald, Paula J Foster

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katie M ParkinsRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Veronica P DuboisRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Amanda M HamiltonRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Ashley V MakelaRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
John A RonaldRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Paula J FosterRobarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. pfoster@robarts.ca.
Western University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms that influence metastatic growth rates are poorly understood. One mechanism of interest known as concomitant tumour resistance (CTR) can be defined as the inhibition of metastasis by existing tumour mass. Conversely, the presence of a primary tumour has also been shown to increase metastatic outgrowth, termed concomitant tumour enhancement (CTE). The majority of studies evaluating CTR/CTE in preclinical models have relied on endpoint histological evaluation of tumour burden. The goal of this research was to use conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cellular MRI, and bioluminescence imaging to study the impact of a primary tumour on the development of brain metastases in a syngeneic mouse model. Here, we report that the presence of a 4T1 primary tumour significantly enhances total brain tumour burden in Balb/C mice. Using in vivo BLI/MRI we could determine this was not related to differences in initial arrest or clearance of viable cells in the brain, which suggests that the presence of a primary tumour can increase the proliferative growth of brain metastases in this model. The continued application of our longitudinal cellular and molecular imaging tools will yield a better understanding of the mechanism(s) by which this physiological inhibition (CTR) and/or enhancement (CTE) occurs.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansLuminescent MeasurementsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular ImagingMultimodal ImagingSpleenGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID29895974
PMCPMC5997674
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