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ArticleJournal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia2020

Optimal, Large-Scale Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Organoids.

Emma D Wrenn, Breanna M Moore, Erin Greenwood, Margaux McBirney, Kevin J Cheung

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Article in Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Collective metastasis: coordinating the multicellular voyage.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2021
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  13. Unraveling the Breast: Advances in Mammary Biology and Cancer Methods.Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emma D WrennTranslational Research Program, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Breanna M MooreTranslational Research Program, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Erin GreenwoodTranslational Research Program, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Margaux McBirneyTranslational Research Program, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
Kevin J CheungTranslational Research Program, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. kcheung@fredhutch.org.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Marian Esvelt · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Role of tumor cell cluster-induced signaling in breast cancer metastasisR37CA234488 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Kevin Jon Cheung · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
Breast Cancer Research Foundation BCRF-18-035Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1013355.01HSRD VA IIR 18-035NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NCI NIH HHS R37 CA234488NIH HHS R37CA234488Phi Beta Psi NAU.S. Department of Defense W81XWH-18-1-0098V Foundation for Cancer Research V2017-014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor organoids mimic the architecture and heterogeneity of in vivo tumors and enable studies of collective interactions between tumor cells as well as with their surrounding microenvironment. Although tumor organoids hold significant promise as cancer models, they are also more costly and labor-intensive to cultivate than traditional 2D cell culture. We sought to identify critical factors regulating organoid growth ex vivo, and to use these observations to develop a more efficient organoid expansion method. Using time-lapse imaging of mouse mammary tumor organoids in 3D culture, we observed that outgrowth potential varies non-linearly with initial organoid size. Maximal outgrowth occurred in organoids with a starting size between ~10 to 1000 cells. Based on these observations, we developed a suspension culture method that maintains organoids in the ideal size range, enabling expansion from 1 million to over 100 million cells in less than 2 weeks and less than 3 hours of hands-on time. Our method facilitates the rapid, cost-effective expansion of organoids for CRISPR based studies and other assays requiring a large amount of organoid starting material.

Indexed as

AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Culture TechniquesCell Line, TumorCRISPR-Cas SystemsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansIntravital MicroscopyMiceOrganoidsSpheroids, CellularTime-Lapse ImagingTumor Microenvironment3D cultureCRISPRMouse mammary organoidsOptimal growthOrganoid propagationOrganoid suspension cultureTumor organoids

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PMID33106923
PMCPMC7587543
OpenAlexW3094248195

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