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ArticleScientific reports2022

A living biobank of canine mammary tumor organoids as a comparative model for human breast cancer.

Marine Inglebert, Martina Dettwiler, Kerstin Hahn, Anna Letko, Cord Drogemuller, John Doench, Adam Brown, Yasin Memari, Helen R Davies, Andrea Degasperi and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marine InglebertInstitute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Martina DettwilerInstitute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Kerstin HahnInstitute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Anna LetkoInstitute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Cord DrogemullerInstitute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
John DoenchGenetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, USA.
Adam BrownGenetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, USA.
Yasin MemariEarly Cancer Institute, Hutchison Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Helen R DaviesEarly Cancer Institute, Hutchison Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Andrea DegasperiEarly Cancer Institute, Hutchison Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Serena Nik-ZainalEarly Cancer Institute, Hutchison Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Sven RottenbergInstitute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. sven.rottenberg@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.
University of Bern · CHUniversity of Cambridge · GBBroad Institute · USHutchison/MRC Research Centre · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 22932Cancer Research UK 23433Cancer Research UK 23916Cancer Research UK 27815Cancer Research UK C60100/A23916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammary tumors in dogs hold great potential as naturally occurring breast cancer models in translational oncology, as they share the same environmental risk factors, key histological features, hormone receptor expression patterns, prognostic factors, and genetic characteristics as their human counterparts. We aimed to develop in vitro tools that allow functional analysis of canine mammary tumors (CMT), as we have a poor understanding of the underlying biology that drives the growth of these heterogeneous tumors. We established the long-term culture of 24 organoid lines from 16 dogs, including organoids derived from normal mammary epithelium or benign lesions. CMT organoids recapitulated key morphological and immunohistological features of the primary tissue from which they were derived, including hormone receptor status. Furthermore, genetic characteristics (driver gene mutations, DNA copy number variations, and single-nucleotide variants) were conserved within tumor-organoid pairs. We show how CMT organoids are a suitable model for in vitro drug assays and can be used to investigate whether specific mutations predict therapy outcomes. Specifically, certain CMT subtypes, such as PIK3CA mutated, estrogen receptor-positive simple carcinomas, can be valuable in setting up a preclinical model highly relevant to human breast cancer research. In addition, we could genetically modify the CMT organoids and use them to perform pooled CRISPR/Cas9 screening, where library representation was accurately maintained. In summary, we present a robust 3D in vitro preclinical model that can be used in translational research, where organoids from normal, benign as well as malignant mammary tissues can be propagated from the same animal to study tumorigenesis.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsMammary Neoplasms, AnimalAnimalsBiological Specimen BanksDNA Copy Number VariationsDogsFemaleHormonesHumansOrganoidsHormones

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PMID36302863
PMCPMC9614008
OpenAlexW4307360845

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