Alex Weiss, Cassandra D'Amata ... Madeline N Hayes
Modeling glioblastoma using expression of relevant human oncogenes in syngeneic zebrafish offers a powerful platform for current and future biological discovery, diagnostics, and therapeutic testing in an intact tumor microenvironment.
Analyses of genetically engineered mouse models reveal the androgen receptor-independent properties of a luminal stem/progenitor cell in the prostate epithelium, and its ability to serve as a cell of origin for castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Jennifer Patritti Cram, Jianqiang Wu ... Nancy Ratner
In a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1, the purinergic receptor P2RY14 is a key regulator of Schwann cell precursor self-renewal and proliferation, of neurofibroma tumor initiation and of mouse survival.
Pre-neoplastic cells in the brain release SDF1, which mediates an immediate infiltration of macrophages that differentiate into microglia-like cells and promote proliferation of pre-neoplastic cells.
Ashna Alladin, Lucas Chaible ... Martin Jechlinger
The presented primary epithelial acinus-based platform for studying interactions between normal and malignant cells will enable in depth analysis of the tumor initiation process on a molecular level.