Divergent evolutionary trajectories in transplanted tumor models

Nat Genet. 2017 Oct 27;49(11):1565-1566. doi: 10.1038/ng.3983.

Abstract

Human-derived tumor models are becoming popular in the context of personalized medicine, but a new study shows that these models could be less representative of primary tumors than previously thought, particularly when using late passages.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Clonal Evolution*
  • Clone Cells
  • DNA Copy Number Variations
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / immunology*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Heterografts / immunology*
  • Heterografts / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Mice
  • Neoplasms / genetics
  • Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Precision Medicine
  • Species Specificity
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm