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ArticleNature protocols2020

Bilateral murine tumor models for characterizing the response to immune checkpoint blockade.

Rachael M Zemek, Vanessa S Fear, Cath Forbes, Emma de Jong, Thomas H Casey, Louis Boon, Timo Lassmann, Anthony Bosco, Michael J Millward, Anna K Nowak and 2 more

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Article in Nature protocols, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Rachael M ZemekSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. rachael.zemek@telethonkids.org.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-6163
Vanessa S FearSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Cath ForbesSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Emma de JongTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Thomas H CaseyNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-005X
Louis BoonBioceros, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Timo LassmannTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0138-2691
Anthony BoscoTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Michael J MillwardNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Anna K NowakNational Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9317-9526
Richard A LakeSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
W Joost LesterhuisSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. willem.lesterhuis@uwa.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-276X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is highly variable, not only between different cancers but also between patients with the same cancer type. The biological mechanisms underlying these differences in response are incompletely understood. Identifying correlates in patient tumor samples is challenging because of genetic and environmental variability. Murine studies usually compare different tumor models or treatments, introducing potential confounding variables. This protocol describes bilateral murine tumor models, derived from syngeneic cancer cell lines, that display a symmetrical yet dichotomous response to ICB. These models enable detailed analysis of whole tumors in a highly homogeneous background, combined with knowledge of the therapeutic outcome within a few weeks, and could potentially be used for mechanistic studies using other (immuno-)therapies. We discuss key considerations and describe how to use two cell lines as fully optimized models. We discuss experimental details, including proper inoculation technique to achieve symmetry and one-sided surgical tumor removal, which takes only 5 min per mouse. Furthermore, we outline the preparation of bulk tissue or single-cell suspensions for downstream analyses such as bulk RNA-seq, immunohistochemistry, single-cell RNA-seq and flow cytometry.

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Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorNeoplasms, ExperimentalAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAntineoplastic Agents, Immunological

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