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ArticleCancer letters2021

Transgenic mouse models of breast cancer.

Angelina T Regua, Austin Arrigo, Daniel Doheny, Grace L Wong, Hui-Wen Lo

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Article in Cancer letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Angelina T ReguaDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: aregua@wakehealth.edu.
Austin ArrigoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: aarrigo@wakehealth.edu.
Daniel DohenyDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: Ddoheny@wakehealth.edu.
Grace L WongDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: glwong@wakehealth.edu.
Hui-Wen LoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Breast Cancer Center of Excellence, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Electronic address: hlo@wakehealth.edu.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Truncated GLI1 In GlioblastomaR01NS087169 · NINDS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LO, HUI-WEN · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
Roles of tGLI1 and microRNA Network in Breast Cancer Brain MetastasisR01CA228137 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LO, HUI-WEN, WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2020 to 2025
$2.1M
Translational Oncology Training ProgramT32CA247819 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PARDEE, TIMOTHY SEBASTIAN, WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2020 to 2024
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228137NCI NIH HHS T32 CA247819NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transgenic breast cancer mouse models are critical tools for preclinical studies of human breast cancer. Genetic editing of the murine mammary gland allows for modeling of abnormal genetic events frequently found in human breast cancers. Genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) of breast cancer employ tissue-specific genetic manipulation for tumorigenic induction within the mammary tissue. Under the transcriptional control of mammary-specific promoters, transgenic mouse models can simulate spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis by expressing one or more putative oncogenes, such as MYC, HRAS, and PIK3CA. Alternatively, the Cre-Lox system allows for tissue-specific deletion of tumor suppressors, such as p53, Rb1, and Brca1, or specific knock-in of putative oncogenes. Thus, GEMMs can be designed to implement one or more genetic events to induce mammary tumorigenesis. Features of GEMMs, such as age of transgene expression, breeding quality, tumor latency, histopathological characteristics, and propensity for local and distant metastasis, are variable and strain-dependent. This review aims to summarize currently available transgenic breast cancer mouse models that undergo spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis upon genetic manipulation, their varying characteristics, and their individual genetic manipulations that model aberrant signaling events observed in human breast cancers.

Indexed as

AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinogenesisDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMammary Glands, AnimalMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMice, TransgenicBreast cancerKnockout miceMammary glandMouse modelsTransgenic miceTumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID34090924
PMCPMC8260455
OpenAlexW3167101343

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